I'm using a Netgear FA-410 that I accidentally bought for an old company. Strangely enough, it's 10/100, none of the dongles have broken (4 out of 4 in a year), it's supported by pcnet_cs, and seems to be pretty nice. I use it all over, and it has never compained. Works in slink and potato.
And it costs less than half of the 3com cards. Cheaper, even than a 3com replacement dongle (paid $70 for it a while back) Regards, glen Heather wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I should be getting DSL service in a few weeks so I > > need to get an Ethernet pcmcia card for my Dell > > Inspiron 7000. Are there any pcmcia ethernet cards > > particularly recommended? > > I use a Dlink that has been supported for a long time - it > has been reliable (even under adverse hub conditions) and > its cord has not been fragile as certain others have. > > "Certain others" having been 3com cards. After a colleague > told me he had broken 4 cords in the previous 6 months, I > wondered if he had a run of bad luck, but others in the office > reported the cords as fragile also. (You can guess, I suggested > we change the standard issue PCMCIA ethercards) Cords can be > about half as expensive as the whole card, so fragile cords > can really rack up the price for some manufacturers. > > > Should I get or avoid a > > cardbus card? > > If you are hoping to use it in more than one laptop, you should > *not* get the latest/greatest, because there are not just cardbus, but > now there is some extension to the standard (called ?? I forget) > which produces a little more power... > > Such cards can be more featureful, but can also fry both the card > and a laptop's card-bridge if plugged into an old enough laptop. Brrr. > > My information was from a recent print article on the subject -- sorry > I can't recall which, but it's one of the laptopper magazines. > > > Does anyone have experience with cards > > that are ethernet + 56k modems? Are there any problems > > using 2 ethernet cards in one machine, i.e., will the > > card + wires both fit? > > I have successfully used more than one ethercard - though they have > flat specialty cords, not xjacks or in-card ports. The placement of > an xjack may cause it to not be shareable with all things, and an in-card > cord port is tall, so would force it to be type III even if the firmware > doesn't require that. > > > I'm planning the following setup: > > > > - Dell Inspiron 7000, running Debian w/ firewall > > options compiled into the kernel as the "permanently" > > connected machine. > > > > - On occassion, a second laptop will be networked with > > the Dell, so it can also use the DSL connection [it > > runs Windows 95]. > > > > - Rarely I'll need to bring the Dell with me places > > and I'll want to use a modem. > > > > With this in mind I think I may need 3 cards (please > > correct me if I'm wrong -- I have never setup a > > network before). One card for the DSL-Dell connection, > > 2 cards for the PC-PC connection [one each]. And I > > guess one of the three card should be an ethernet + > > modem. Obviously, this means 2 cards in the Dell. > > > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Richard > > If you get a card type which the Dell and your MSwin box are > both happy with, which uses flatcords and therefore is happy > to be type II slot friendly, you'll be happiest. > > If one of the cards in the Dell is for connecting to the DSL, > when you're one the road you won't need that because the modem > will be serving the same purpose (outside world connectivity). > So, that could be one dual-natured card, or you can simply get > 3 of the ethercard, and one plain modem. For a total of: > > DELL - slot 0 (ether and/or modem) > slot 1 (ether to speak w/mswin-top) > > mswin-top - slot 0 (ether to speak w/DELL) > > plus one cross-connect cord. > > You didn't mention if your DSL codec also doubles as an etherhub. > Most don't, though my Trancell does. > > -* Heather Stern * Starshine Technical Services * [EMAIL PROTECTED] *- > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Glen S Mehn [EMAIL PROTECTED] GoMo Technologies Systems Administrator Can your email do this? http://www.gomomail.com
