The HOWTO has some comments about Red Hat 

Forum: Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet Adapter Issues
Re: network not starting automatically? (Albert S. Johnston)
Date: 2000, Feb 24
From: David Hinds <dhinds@pcmcia.sourceforge.org>

If you are using a stock Red Hat setup, you should use netconf to configure the interface. As mentioned in the HOWTO, network.opts is not recognized by Red Hat's version of the PCMCIA network script. After booting, check your system log, and the output of ifconfig and route, to see what was done. Or see if "ifup eth0" works. -- Dave

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1. Untitled by Albert S. Johnston, 2000, Feb 24

1. What card is this, by the way? by David Hinds, 2000, Feb 24

(_ Untitled by Albert S. Johnston, 2000, Feb 24

2. Still need help! by Albert S. Johnston, 2000, Feb 25

3. success! by Albert S. Johnston, 2000, Feb 25

1. HOWTO explanation by David Hinds, 2000, Feb 25

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