> I've got something weird I don't understand.
> My box is a gateway with two NICs, an external and an internal.
> 
> Weird thing is that one of them (NE2000) shows up twice on bootup.
> 
> -- lines from dmesg --
> 
> ne1 at isa0 port 0x300-0x31f irq 10
^^^^^^^^^  
> ne1: NE2000 (RTL8019) Ethernet
> ne1: Ethernet address <mac addr 1>
> ne1: 10base2, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, auto, default [0x00 0x90] auto
> 
> ne2 at isapnp0 port 0x200/32 irq 5
^^^^^^^^^^^ 
> ne2: NE2000 (RTL8019) Ethernet
> ne2: Ethernet address <mac addr 1>
> ne2: 10base2, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, auto, default [0x00 0x90] auto

Hi, 
Hmm, for me it seems that the NIC is bugging the kernel by apearing as an 
Olde' ISA card and and then later as a Plug&Play ISA again.

IIRC the Realtek (DOS) config utility offers, to determine the card's plug &

play behaviour. If not - disabling plug & play support in the BIOS may help.

-Alex