i have a powertower250 [which is similar to the 9500] and i am using a
Faralon card that you can buy right now [i think it is called EtherFast
10/100]. it also works for the mac side and NetBSD seems to like it too  :))

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>Howdy,
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>I'm going to be setting up on old 8500 as a proxy server in a week or so and 
>am  
>about to go shopping on eBay for a second NIC.  The FAQ is a little vague 
>about  
>supported NICs, stating that any "Tulip-compatible, 3Com, and 
>NE2000-compatible  
>PCI cards (de, ep, and ne drivers)" would work -- is that all?  The  
>Machine-independent PCI drivers would seem to indicate that a lot more PCI 
>NICs  
>are supported.  In searching the mailing list archives I found Donald Lee's  
>trail of woes last April in trying to find a 10/100 card that worked
properly 
>in  
>his box -- are there any good recommendations out there, or should I just go 
>with a Tulip, 3Com (3C905's are pretty cheap), or NE2000 card (NE2000's came 
>in 
>PCI flavors? I thought just ISA...)?
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