On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 12:45:37AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 08:03:59AM -0800, Donnie Jones wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > As you've probably had on here many times already by > > other users, I am asking for some recommendations for > > an inexpensive reliable pcmcia ethernet card for > > debian. Any information would be great. > > > > Avoid Xircom. Really. I'm fed up with my wonderful > "works-anywhere-in-the-world" RealPort combo card. I tried it yesterday > under Windows, and the card eventually froze up exactly the way it's been > doing under Linux. And I'm not the only one with this problem. > > On the other hand, they do have a lifetime warranty on the card, so it's > about time I took them up on it. Maybe I'll be feeling more happy about > them after I've done that. > > On the third hand, my card is a REM-56G100 (or whatever), two years old, > three even. They now have a "RealPort2" series, maybe you'll have better > luck with that. > > On the fourth hand, be careful about getting a CardBus type card (mine is > "pcmcia"), there've been problems those (possibly already resolved). > > Drew > (preparing to give Xircom customer support a call on Monday...) >
On the fifth hand (I knew there'd be one there somewhere...), I just checked your subject again and realised you meant *ethernet* cards. I've got no complaints with the ethernet side of my combo card. My problems have only been with the modem. Drew -- PGP public key available at http://dparsons.webjump.com/drewskey.txt Fingerprint: A110 EAE1 D7D2 8076 5FE0 EC0A B6CE 7041 6412 4E4A
