Off-the-shelf Ethernet in AS/400?

["Mark Phippard" <MarkP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In our search for a used Ethernet card for our Model 150, a sales person at
a company wants to just sell us a standard SMC 10/100 PCI Adapter and
claims that it will work fine in an AS/400.  I think he mentioned something
about also needing to sell us some TCP/IP software for $75 (I can't imagine
what that is).

We already have several Intel Pro 100 cards around, and he claims they will
work also.

Is this true?  I tend to doubt it.  I know that it takes PCI cards, but it
seems like IBM always loads some code on the cards that is required.  If we
could just stick an Intel card in that would be great.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mark

PS - I am just relaying this, I am not the one talking to these people.