> Are there some NICs that work better than others? I have 3Com > 3c509b cards and have had no luck getting two of them working on > the same system. These are some of the best ISA cards you can get. They will work, I promise. :) First though, do you have a PNP bios? If yes, set PNP-os installed to No. Second, head over to 3com's site and grab the driver disks for these cards.