Limited Warranty

HARDWARE: SMC Networks, Inc. (“SMC”) warrants its EtherPower II 10/100 Network Cards to be free from defects in workmanship and materials, under normal use and service, for the following lengths of time from the date of purchase from SMC or its Authorized Reseller:

EtherPower II 10/100 Network Cards .....................................

Limited Lifetime

Driver Software .........................................................................................

90 days

If a product does not operate as warranted during the applicable warranty period, SMC shall, at its option and expense, repair the defective product or part, deliver to Customer an equivalent product or part to replace the defective item, or refund the purchase price paid for the defective product. All products that are replaced will become the property of SMC. Replacement products may be new or reconditioned. Any replaced or repaired product or part has a ninety (90) day warranty or the remainder of the initial warranty period, whichever is longer.

SMC shall not be responsible for any custom software or firmware, configuration information, or memory data of Customer contained in, stored on, or integrated with any products returned to SMC pursuant to any warranty.

LIMITED LIFETIME: EtherPower 10/100 Network Cards have a standard three-year warranty. If you wish to extend your three-year warranty on these cards to a lifetime warranty, please complete and return the enclosed product registration card within 90 days of purchase from SMC or its Authorized Reseller. Failure to complete and return this card does not affect the standard three-year warranty. After registration, any defective EtherPower 10/100 Network Cards will be repaired or replaced at SMC’s option.

SOFTWARE: SMC warrants that the software programs licensed from it will perform in substantial conformance to the program specifications for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase from SMC or its Authorized Reseller. SMC warrants the magnetic media containing software against failure during the warranty period. No updates are provided. SMC’s sole obligation hereunder shall be (at SMC’s discretion) to refund the purchase price paid by Customer for any defective software products or to replace any defective media with software which substantially conform to SMC’s applicable published specifications. Customer assumes responsibility for the selection of the appropriate applications program and associated reference materials. SMC makes no warranty that its software products will work in combination with any hardware or applications software products provided by third parties, that the operation of the software products will be uninterrupted or error free, or that all defects in the software products will be corrected. For any third party products listed in the SMC software product documentation or specifications as being compatible, SMC will make reasonable efforts to provide compatibility, except where the non- compatibility is caused by “bug” or defect in the third party’s product.

STANDARD WARRANTY SERVICE: Standard warranty service for hardware products may be obtained by delivering the defective product, accompanied