2. Hardware requirements
Make sure that you have a Token Ring card that is supported from the list below. Many PCI,ISA and even the odd MCA cards are now supported. Check http://www.linuxtr.net for the latest information.
Cards that are reported to work:
3COM
3C389 PCMCIA
3C619, 3C619B or 3C619C Token Link
3C319 Velocity ISA
3C359 Velocity XL - PCI
3C339 Velocity PCI
IBM
PCI. PCI Token Ring Adapter; PCI Wake on Lan Token Ring Adapter; 16/4 Token Ring PCI Adapter 2, Wake on Lan, and Wake on Lan Special; High Speed 100/16/4 Token Ring Adapter, Token Ring 16/4 Management Adapter.
Cardbus. 16/4 Token Ring Adapter
LanStreamer. PCI: Auto LanStreamer, Triple Lanstreamer; MCA: LanStreamer MC16, Lanstreamer MC32, AutoLanstreamer MC32, Dual Lanstreamer MC32
ISA. Auto 16/4 Token Ring Adapter, 16/4 Token Ring Adapter, Turbo 16/4 Token Ring Adapter, Auto Wake Token Ring Adapter.
PCMCIA. Turbo 16/4 PC Card, Turbo 16/4 PC Card 2, Auto 16/4 Credit Card Adapter, 16/4 Credit Card Adapter, 16/4 Credit Card Adapter II
Tropic MCA. 16/4 Token Ring Adapter/A, Auto 16/4 Token Ring Adapter
Olicom
RapidFire 3139, 3140, 3141, and 3540
OC 3136
OC 3137
OC 3118
OC 3129
Madge
51-02 Smart 16/4 PCI
20-03 16/4 Cardbus Adapter Mk2
51-04 Smart 16/4 PCI Ringnode Mk3
51-09 Smart 16/4 Fiber PCI Ringnode
51-07 Smart 100/16/4 PCI-HS Ringnode
51-05 Smart 100/16/4 PCI Ringnode
20-01 Smart 16/4 PCMCIA
60-07 Presto PCI 2000
60-06 Presto PCI Plus
60-05 Presto PCI
53-05 Smart Mk4 PCI Adapter (low profile)
31-40 Rapidfire 3140V2 16/4 PCI Adapter
SysKonnect
TR4/16(+) SK-4190 ISA
TR4/16(+) SK-4590 PCI
TR4/16(+) SK-4591 PCI
SMC
Tokencard Elite (8115T)
Tokencard Elite/A MCA (8115T/A)
Intel
TokenExpress PRO
TokenExpress 16/4
Cards that may cause problems:
Token-Ring Network 16/4 Adapter II. This adapter will NOT work. Do not confuse this card with the IBM Token Ring adapter II (4mbit) which does. It is a DMA/Busmaster adapter for ISA.
3Com TokenLink Velocity ISA. You may or may not get this one to work. I have had reports of people running it without problems, and others who get errors left and right.