In message <9011A52E011ED311B4280004AC1BA6156D519E@yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu
>, David Woyciesjes writes:
>Here's my $0.02 ---
>ISA - If you can find it, get your hands on a 3Com 3C509B, download the
>config disks, and set all the parameters by hand. Do not use Plug And Pray
>on those cards...
>PCI - Any other 3Com card, and again, get the config disks.
>PCMCIA - 3Com 3C589
>
>Never had a problem with any 3Com card. Unless, of course, I left it in
>PnPray mode...

One word of warning...  There is (or at least was; I haven't checked 
lately) a problem with the 3c905B (maybe all models) and some BIOSes if 
you boot without power-cycling after you've been running Mr. Bill's 
operating system.  It leaves the card in a funky state so that NetBSD 
can't deal with it.

		--Steve Bellovin