Thanks to Tony Mancill for pointing out: http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/setup/3c5x9setup.html
The 3c5x9setup program takes the 509 out of PnP mode and lets you set the base and IRQ addresses and write them into the eeprom. I set the card using 3c5x9setup to the base address 300 and IRQ 10 and that was all it took. I was even able to set the irq on the second machine to 12 (what Win'95 thinks the card is on) and the Linux driver came up on the right interrupt! I have now reached Network Administrator, Junior Grade, and am the proud owner of a, soon to be, three machine LAN. Thanks to everyone who helped me out of this boggy pit, I could never have done it without your help. Now, to set up Samba ... Thanks, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-