On Thu, 29 May 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just wondering if anyone out there has gotten any of the > PCMCIA Ethernet/Modem cards working under Debian/Linux on > a laptop? I'm looking at buying one.. but, of course I would > like to buy a brand that I should be able to get to work > under Debian. If anyone has any testimonial stories or any > other pointers to where I can find out this information.. > it would be great appreciated since those cards are a pretty > penny!
I have a Megahertz XJEM336 modem that's a 33.6 and a 10bT/10b2 ethernet card in one. The modem worked from day 1 just fine. The ethernet didn't work until I upgraded the PCMCIA drivers to 2.9.2. I'm not exactly sure why this was. I still haven't gotten 10b2 to work, but I haven't had a pressing need for it. I'm sure it's quite fixable. Another problem I've had is running ethernet and the modem at the same time. Occasionally I want to do this, but I've had some real problems. I start getting a lot of timeouts from the ethernet card when I do this and it basically stops working. One of my biggest complaints with the XJEM336 is the way the phone jack interface hangs out. It's extremely hard to use the modem side of the card with another card at the same time, if the other card has a cable sticking out of it and your PCMCIA slots are right on top of each other. Of course, this isn't linux specific. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the card. -douglas -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
