>>> Or I have to install it on that machine over there, which for perfectly
>>> valid reasons has no network connectivity at all.
>> Yes, that too. (Although in my case, the "valid reason" is usually "I
>> can't get Linux to believe me that a NIC exists"...)
> 
> Is it a NIC that is supported?

Define "supported".

It tends not to be a problem these days. But for example, when I first 
set up my shiny new socket-939 board with the brand new nForce-4 
chipset, none of the distros I tried could handle the SATA controller or 
either of the two NICs.

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