My Xircom 56k 10/100 combo card allows both to be used simultanously, but unfortunanatly it doesn't have the xjack, although for most people the realport card is a good alternative (the only drawback is that it is type3).
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 08:03:17PM -0500, Scott Bigham wrote: > > I have a 3Com Megahertz 3CXEM556 Ethernet/modem combo card, which > > apparently keys off the 3c589_cs kernel driver. It works fine, but it > > suffers from the problem described in the PCMCIA HOWTO[*] that the > > Ethernet and serial drivers cannot function simultaneously, so that, for > > instance, I have to manually rmmod the Ethernet driver to use the modem. > > > > My question is, have more recent versions of the kernel or PCMCIA > > modules alleviated this problem (I'm currently running kernel 2.2.5 and > > pcmcia-cs 3.1.1-1 on top of Debian 2.1); or alternatively, can anyone > > recommend an Ethernet/modem combo card (preferably with XJACK) that does > > not have this problem? > > > As far as I know my combo card operates simultaneously, although I haven't > had a lot of reason to try using ethernet and modem at the same time, so I'm > not > 100% sure. > > I'm running kernel 2.2.12 with pcmcia-cs v3.1.4-2. My card is a Xircom > RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (REM56G-100). The laptop is a Toshiba > Satellite Pro 490CDT. > > What's XJACK? > > Drew Parsons > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
