On 29-Jul-05 Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 15:20 +0100, Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk wrote:
Another Q (on topic this time ... )
Do people have good suggestions for 100BaseT PCMCIA ethernet adapter cards (wired, not wireless) that work well on Linux (and, hopefully these days, don't cost much)?
Hello Ted,
I am pretty sure I have a xircom realport card (Modem and Network combo) kicking about in the office somewhere, as far as I know these work fine in Linux.
If I can find it, I am happy to pop it in a jiffy bag so that you can try it out....if it works we can discuss some sort of re-numeration for it.
[ You mean change its IP address ...? :) ]
That sounds fine -- I'll drop you a private line with address etc.
According to
http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS
it works with the 2.4 kernel (which is what I have on the relevant machine) with driver xirc2ps_cs.o which I also have on the machine.
However, one never really sess before one sucks ...
If not I have just put a batch of 15 3 com megahertz cards on Ebay on a no reserve auction....they also should work fine.
Also an interesting idea (I like 3Coms) but I don't really need the other 14 ...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5792511341&rd=1... agename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
PS.
The Xircom fills both PCMCIA slots, but has the advantage that it doesn't require any dongles, leads plug straight in.
That would be a plus point! Over the years I've learned to be mighty careful with the itty bitty breaky offy plasticky thingy that the dongle connects by!
Thanks, Wayne. Stand by. Best wishes, Ted.
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