PCMCIA NIC

[David Cary Hart]

Does anyone have a cardbus PCMCIA NIC that actually WORKS?

I'm using a 3c575BT which uses the 3c59x driver. While the 3c works
perfectly if I boot to WinXP it doesn't sync properly in Linux. I tried
a NetGear card and the Tulip driver locks up the system. Yes, I have
read all the docs on supported cards but I need a personal experience
recommendation at this point.
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[Michael P. Soulier]

On 30/11/03 David C. Hart did say:
> Does anyone have a cardbus PCMCIA NIC that actually WORKS?

Yup. I'm using a LinkSys 10/100 card that uses the tulip driver, and
works fine.

Mike

[J.B. Nicholson-Owens]

David C. Hart wrote:
> Does anyone have a cardbus PCMCIA NIC that actually WORKS?

Yes.  The 3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus model 3CXFE575BT.  The one I'm
looking at right now has an XJack connector (a pop-out device you plug in an
ethernet cable into).  No additional cables or dongles required.

It'll cost you about $18 shipped from Micronet Networking in San Francisco
(see http://micronetxp.com), according to Pricewatch (search for "3com
3CXFE575BT").

I have no idea what driver it uses but it works perfectly in Red Hat 9
GNU/Linux, so I'm guessing it will work just as well in Fedora Core 1
GNU/Linux.  For less than you probably paid for lunch today, you could just
buy one and try it.

I don't work for any of the companies just mentioned.  I'm just trying to be
helpful.

[John McBride]

> On 30/11/03 David C. Hart did say:
> > Does anyone have a cardbus PCMCIA NIC that actually WORKS?

be warned my NetGear FA511 10/100 PCMCIA network card worked fine in RH9 
but failed miserably in FC1. This was due to some kind of problem in the 
graphical boot sequence. the workarounds are one of the following:

1) reinsert the card after boot to get it working,
2) or set "GRAPHICAL=no" in /etc/sysconfig/init,
3) or apply the patch listed in the bugzilla entry (search for it).

[Allan Metts]

I've had good luck with the Xircom RealPort cards -- I've bought several on 
eBay for $15 - 25 (often with modems as well), and put them in old 
Celeron-equipped Fedora laptops.

These cards occupy two PCMCIA slots, but the nice thing about them is they 
have a real Ethernet jack right on the card (i.e., no XJack that breaks 
off, and no dongle to lose).

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At 08:57 PM 12/1/2003, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> On 30/11/03 David C. Hart did say:
> > Does anyone have a cardbus PCMCIA NIC that actually WORKS?
> Yup. I'm using a LinkSys 10/100 card that uses the tulip driver, and
>
> works fine.

[David Cary Hart]

On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 10:16, Allan Metts wrote:
> I've had good luck with the Xircom RealPort cards -- I've bought several on 
> eBay for $15 - 25 (often with modems as well), and put them in old 
> Celeron-equipped Fedora laptops.
>
> These cards occupy two PCMCIA slots, but the nice thing about them is they 
> have a real Ethernet jack right on the card (i.e., no XJack that breaks 
> off, and no dongle to lose).

Thanks. These are available for $19.00 from overstock.com.
> A----
>
> At 08:57 PM 12/1/2003, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> > On 30/11/03 David C. Hart did say:
> > > Does anyone have a cardbus PCMCIA NIC that actually WORKS?
> > Yup. I'm using a LinkSys 10/100 card that uses the tulip driver, and
> >
> > works fine.
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