>From experience I found that the 16 bit cards do not sustain anything close
to 100Mbps. I benchmarked a 16 bit Lynksys 10/100 card at about 10Mbps. I
returned it and got a Netgear cardbus card which benchmarks close to
90Mbps. If you want the performance, get a 32 bit card. I use a dongle
cord. I think that the 3com jacks are just too flimsy,
Benjamin Scott wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I am wondering if anyone here has any recommendations for a network
> interface card for use with Linux on a laptop. It would need to be a Type I
> or Type II PCMCIA card (AKA PC Card). At least one of the laptops in questio
> n
> does not support Type III cards, so those are out. It needs to support 10 an
> d
> 100 megabit Ethernet (RJ-45).
>
> I would prefer the format where there is an RJ-45 jack built right into the
> card. Dongles get lost (or at least, *I* lose them). And the problem with
> those little flimsy pop-out jacks (3Com "XJack", others) is that they are,
> well, flimsy.
>
> I found this:
>
> http://www.dlink.com/products/adapters/dfe670txd/
>
> at the local Best Buy, but it falls into the category of "so new, even the
> manufacturer doesn't know they make it", and it does not appear to work with
> Linux (I tried it under RHL 6.2, kernel 2.2.19, and it didn't know what the
> heck to do with it).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> advTHANKSance
>
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