Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-18 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 09:31:50AM +0200, Bart-Jan Vrielink wrote: > On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Drew Parsons wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 07:39:38AM -0700, Jared Valentine wrote: > > > > > > If you want the full throughput, you need a Cardbus PC Card instead. > > > > > > > Actually, I once re

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-18 Thread Bart-Jan Vrielink
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 07:39:38AM -0700, Jared Valentine wrote: > > > > If you want the full throughput, you need a Cardbus PC Card instead. > > > > Actually, I once read somewhere that even the 32bit Cardbus cards are > limited to 80 Mb/s. 80 Mb/s

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-18 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 09:31:50AM +0200, Bart-Jan Vrielink wrote: > On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Drew Parsons wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 07:39:38AM -0700, Jared Valentine wrote: > > > > > > If you want the full throughput, you need a Cardbus PC Card instead. > > > > > > > Actually, I once r

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-18 Thread Bart-Jan Vrielink
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 07:39:38AM -0700, Jared Valentine wrote: > > > > If you want the full throughput, you need a Cardbus PC Card instead. > > > > Actually, I once read somewhere that even the 32bit Cardbus cards are > limited to 80 Mb/s. 80 Mb/

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-17 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Marcus Hagn wrote: > > I am a little bit confused. I never heard of these cardbus thing. Do > these > cards plug into the same slots? > usually yes. If your laptop is new enough then the pcmcia slots you are using are actually 32bit (aka pci) slots. If you plug a normal PC C

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-17 Thread Marcus Hagn
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 (Xirc

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-17 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Marcus Hagn wrote: > > I am a little bit confused. I never heard of these cardbus thing. Do > these > cards plug into the same slots? > usually yes. If your laptop is new enough then the pcmcia slots you are using are actually 32bit (aka pci) slots. If you plug a normal PC

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-17 Thread Marcus Hagn
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 (Xirc

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-15 Thread Nuno Faria
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,

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-15 Thread Drew Parsons
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 20mbp

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-15 Thread Nuno Faria
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,

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-15 Thread Drew Parsons
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 20mb

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-15 Thread Jared Valentine
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,

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-15 Thread Daniel Reuter
Hello Carlos, On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, 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 That's the way they make money! > If I buy 1 10/100 PCMCIA card, it's clear that I i

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-15 Thread Carlos Menezes
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. J

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-15 Thread Jared Valentine
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,

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-15 Thread Daniel Reuter
Hello Carlos, On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, 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 That's the way they make money! > If I buy 1 10/100 PCMCIA card, it's clear that I i

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-15 Thread Carlos Menezes
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.

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-14 Thread Jared Valentine
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

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-14 Thread Bart-Jan Vrielink
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 set

Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-14 Thread Carlos Menezes
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;

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-14 Thread Jared Valentine
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 wo

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-14 Thread Bart-Jan Vrielink
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 se

Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-14 Thread Carlos Menezes
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;