I am a little bit confused. I never heard of these cardbus thing. Do these
cards plug into the same slots?
hang loose
marcus
On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 07:39:38AM -0700, Jared Valentine wrote:
> This is not a problem with DLINK cards. This is true of ANY manufacturer's 16-bit
>PCMCIA card (Xircom, 3Com, Intel, etc.) Since there is no such thing as a "15mbps
>hub", or a "20mbps hub", it wouldn't make sense to call it a 20mbps PC Card. These
>kind of cards do connect to 100mbps networks, although they don't fully realize the
>entire bandwidth.
>
> If you want the full throughput, you need a Cardbus PC Card instead.
>
> Jared Valentine
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>
> At 08:40 AM 9/15/2000 -0300, Carlos Menezes wrote:
> >People,
> >I can not believe it. I'm not doubting about information sent by Jared, but how is
>possible
> >this kind of misinformation by DLINK????????
> >If I buy 1 10/100 PCMCIA card, it's clear that I intend to use it at 100
>Mbps.........:-((
> >Am I wrong??
> >Please, send me suggestions!
> >
> >Carlos Menezes.
> >
> >Jared Valentine wrote:
> >
> >> PCMCIA = 16bit = Maximum of 15-20mbps throughput (this is a limitation of the
>16-bit bus...)
> >> Cardbus = 32bit = full 100mbps throughput (as long as the rest of the laptop can
>handle it)
> >>
> >> PC Card is used interchangably between the two. The DFE-650TX is only a 16-bit
>PCMCIA card, and therefore won't get anything over 20mbps. Now why is the throughput
>at 8mbps? Your guess is as good as mine...
> >>
> >> Jared Valentine
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >> At 07:18 PM 9/14/2000 +0200, Bart-Jan Vrielink wrote:
> >> >On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Carlos Menezes wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I have a DLINK 10/100 PCMCIA card (DFE-650TX) in my laptop (I installed
> >> >> the last version of PCMCIA package: 3.1.20) and a Realtek 8139 PCI
> >> >> 10/100 card in my desktop. The adapters are linked by a crossover cable
> >> >> with RJ-45 plugs.
> >> >> DFE-650TX is setted up to autonegociation (it is the only one option;
> >> >> when I try ifport eth0 100baseT, a error message is displayed) and I can
> >> >> set up the link mode at Realtek 8139 with mii-diag program.
> >> >> I got only 8 Mbits/s at a ftp test by copying a 14Mbytes archive.
> >> >> Does anyone have suggestions???
> >> >
> >> >Is it a PCMCIA card or a PCcard ??
> >> >PCcards are much newer and are much faster (compare with ISA vs. PCI).
> >> >I have a Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 pcmcia card and I get the same results
> >> >as you have. At best it is at 100 Mbit/s just a little bit faster than at
> >> >10 Mbit/s but at 100Mbit it uses much more CPU time. So whenever I can
> >> >choose between 10 MBit and 100 MBit, I have it set on 10 MBit.
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >Tot ziens,
> >> >
> >> >Bart-Jan
> >> >
> >> >
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