I cannot remember all the problems I had, but there were lots of them. Most of them were hardware related, rather than related to the drivers. I had cards that failed or wouldn't work properly, dongles that would break easily, etc. I even had one Windows machine that would crash on startup whenever the card was in the slot.
Jesse Quoting S�bastien Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What problems did you have with the Linksys cards? I've used lot's > of them in linux and beos (they both use the same pcmcia-cs > drivers), and have never had any problems with them. > > > Jesse Kline a �crit: > > I have never had any problems with PCMCIA Ethernet cards under Linux. I > used a > > SOHOWare card in my old laptop, and a Startech card in my new one. I have > also > > had good luck with Xircom cards. I did get a Linksys card working under > Linux, > > but I wouldn't recomend them because the cards are crap, and I have had > problems > > with them under multiple OSes. > > > > Jesse > > > > Quoting Cameron Nikitiuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > >>Sorry if I confused anyone. I was reffering to Staples having the > Linksys > >>cards...D-Link as well (not sure of Linux support on those ones though). > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: J. Rafael S�nchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>Sent: October 10, 2002 9:22 AM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: (clug-talk) [Fwd: Windows adddict now in recovery] > >> > >> > >>Yeah, those 3com combo ones aren't bad at all. The model I have used is > the > >>3c3fem556C (modem and ethernet). I've used the 3c589_cs module for them. > I > >>think I found them at Compusmart. > >> > >> > >>Raf. > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Cameron Nikitiuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 8:58 AM > >>Subject: RE: (clug-talk) [Fwd: Windows adddict now in recovery] > >> > >> > >> > >>>I believe we have such beasts at Staples by Chinook as well...and we > >> > >>promise > >> > >>>to give you the lowest price with out the commisioned sales person pitch > >> > >>you > >> > >>>will get at the other stores. > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: Mark Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>>Sent: October 10, 2002 8:04 AM > >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Subject: Re: (clug-talk) [Fwd: Windows adddict now in recovery] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Thanks for help with cdrom problem the other day. > >>>>Have now succesfully got SUSE 7.3 pro on my Thinkpad 770 > >>>>Pretty straightforward, only needed to adjust colour settings from > >>>>16 bit to 8 bit, sound doesnt work yet but I just havent had the time > >>>>to read up on it. > >>>> > >>>>Question. - Does anyone know where in town I might pick up > >>>>a PCMCIA 10/100 network card that is readily supported under Linux? > >>>>Preferably without dongle and somewhere neart the C train > >>>> > >>> > >>>Memory Express on Macleod Trail may have some. Otherwise I have seen > >>>them in Future Shop and the like. 3com's Modem/Nic combo is a good deal > >>>and doesn't use a dongle. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > >
