Hi Jason, I tangled with one of those (XE2000) for about 1/2 year with intermittent successes (i.e. it never worked for more than two consecutive sessions,..when it worked). It too worked flawlessly in Windows 95/98/2000/XP. In the end I wound up getting a better card (simple Linksys 16bit PCMCIA card with Dongle - $50) which worked flawlessly the first time and ever since.
I never resolved whether it was problems with the driver, my PCMCIA controller, hotplugging, or some combination of the above .... It just works now (flawlessly) with the Linksys. The module (a.k.a. driver) for it (if yours is a XE2000) is a xirc2ps_cs and it is supported according to the PCMCIA howto compatibility list: http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS I found similar problems as well while trying to get it work in DHCP and static modes. I'd be EXTREMELY interested in finding out if you get anywhere with it as I'm sitting on an otherwise useless dongle-free $89.00 card, that I'd very much like to use. Good luck. Marcel > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Louie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:17 AM > To: clug > Subject: (clug-talk) PCMCIA XIRCOM card troubles > > > Here's the story. I have a laptop that I was trying to install > gentoo 1.4rc4. I got problems with trying to setup a network > connection. I don't know too much about setting up a network > connection > with laptops so bare with me. I have a XIRCOM 32bit 10/100 card that > seems to work fine when booted into Win2000 after installing > the proper > drivers. When I was installing gentoo the netowrk card was > not detected > at bootup so I read the install document and I followed the > instructions > on setting up a PCMCIA card. I get to the > cardmgr -f < step and it > seems to be executing fine. But when I attempt to run > > dhcpcd eth0 < > nothing happens. I checked ifconfig and eth0 is not assigned > an ip-address. > > I know the network is fine since Win2000 can connect and > that also > shows that the card is okay also. I've also booted the machine with > Knoppix 3.2 and the previously installed RedHat 9.0 and still no > connection. I went to the XIRCOM site and the only support I could > find with linux and the card was *XBSCO_1.tar Drivers for SCO > OpenServer Release 5* > > I'm not sure what to do. My main goal was to install > gentoo. But > to install gentoo I require network connection. Do I need to > download a > driver for it? How do you install a driver in linux? Where would I > find a driver? If the *SCO* driver is the correct one how do > I use it? > Are there tools that I can use to install the card? I know > SorceForge > has a PCMCIA-CS project and I will give that a try when I get home > tonight. Has anyone tried this app? Please help... > > Jason > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged information. Please contact us immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed.
