Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 17:18:23 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] network modem combo
At 10:00 PM 9/03/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 05:51:05 >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: network modem combo > >... >Ended up with a Linksys PCMLM56 combo: 10/100 network and 56k modem. It's seen by >Mandrake linux 7.1 as soon as it's plugged in, and even the W98 install went without >a hitch (and to my amusement, even though there's a warning in the manual that they >don't support linux, there's a Turbolinux CD in the pack! Heh ... at least you get a manual. I'm surprised Linux doesn't throw a fit ... last I looked not even 'well known' combo cards like the 3COM XJack World Combo 10/100NIC and 56k modem card was supported under Linux. >It's not the cheapest - cost me �58 inc vat from Morgan Computers, and Dabs and >Simply both have equivalents starting at about �40 - but the big advantage to me is >that it doesn't have soap-on-a-rope dongles. There's a bulge on the end with the >network and phone connectors, and activity lights (count 'em - six!) so you can see >what's going on. If its anything like what I'm thinking of, the Bromax BIX520 (http://www.bromax.com/product%20list/pcmcia/bix520-l.htm) would do a similar job and would probably be a bit cheaper (Bromax is part of Kingmax for those of you wondering where that came from). Same no dongle but uses a bulge at the end. They should have a CardBus version at some point in time too ... I'm using a Bromax 10/100 Cardbus card in my L100 and a normal (16 bit) Bromax 10/100 card in my L50, both run very nicely and work well under Linux (although the drivers that come with the Cardbus version seem to use a rather dated version from Realtek so it throws a few complaints when it compiles). I'd imagine similar things would be the case for the combo version, Bromax seem to have actually put some effort into providing Linux support. >(and yes, I know 100M is a bit pointless on a 16 bit card, but it means it talks to >any network :) Actually, you can still feel the difference between 10Mbit and 100Mbit through a 16 bit PCMCIA card ... - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
