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Following is the hw info from Puppy hw-interfaces

DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 103d KERNEL MODULE: eepro100

Normally the e100 should be loaded and not the epro100.
I know this as in Puppy 3.01 this is the case.

Something wrong in the detection script?

In 3.01 this is the info:

from hw info wrote:DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 103d KERNEL MODULE: e100

I did some googling, but the info from Intel isn't very clear.
What I understood more or less that e100 is to be used.
People reported problems when using the eepro100 on the above referenced adapter.

Is there other info I can supply?