Networking

Supported Hardware




BeOS supports the following network cards and modems. For an up-to-date list of BeOS-compatible network hardware, go to
http://www-classic.be.com/products/beosreadylist.html.



Network Cards

PCI Network Adapter Card
  • DEC 21040/21041-compatible cards
  • 3COM EtherLink XL (3C900, 3C905, 3C905B) (Intel only)
  • Intel EtherExpress (Intel only)
  • NE2000
  • HomeLan (AMD) (Intel only)
  • thunderLAN
  • TLan
  • Intel 21145
ISA Network Adapter Card
  • NE2000-compatible cards for Intel and BeBox
  • 3COM EtherLink II-compatible cards for BeBox
Power Macintosh On-Board Networking

This comes bundled with Power Macintosh-compatible computers that have built-in Ethernet networking.


Modems

Modems (PPC)

BeOS for PPC supports external modems only

Soft modems (Intel)
  • Lucent chip-based, host-controlled, including Zoom and ActionTec.
  • PCTel chip-based, including BTC
Hardware modems (Intel)
  • ActionTec 56K Internal PCI Call Waiting


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