it's working on bionic-64 but not in this version. Telstra MF833V TIA
EDIT
Apparently it's the old CDC ETH driver, discontinued in this version?
unfortunately, on this side of the continent, most of the peripheral hardware seems to be NOS that they haven't been able to sell elsewhere, so it's often nearly discontinued stock, making nothing is viable long term, because there's too few parts left. it's deliberate, and it's a con. it's not really cheap either, despite the promises of price matching/bettering. they all have the same stock, at much the same prices. and they're too far away to travel between them to get a decent deal and bring it home. delivery is too expensive, killing all savings, and my items can't easily be condensed into a few bulk shops each year.