Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 19:15:55 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs
>From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >OK I posted this once but the webmail interface crashed ... sorry if this >comes through twice! Nope! I just got this one. >>From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Now that I have Linux running on this L50, my next project is to get a 56k >>hardware controller modem and NIC that Linux supports. My 56K/Ethernet >>Xircom CEM56 card is not supported, although there's a fix in an ascii >>file I haven't figured out how to set up. >> >>But could I get some feedback from people who have ISA 56k modems and NICs >>working on a Linux installation on their L50/70, with their make and >>models. Then I can look around EBay and see what I can pick up for $10 >>-$20 for each. > >I've had great success running a Bromax (a division of Kingmax) iPort >(dongleless) 10/100 16bit PCMCIA NIC in my L50 under Red Hat Linux 6.2 ... >they even have Linux drivers for download on their website plus pretty good >instructions on how to install them (compared to most Linux docs at least). >The drivers aren't RedHat specific (I get the feeling it was written with >Slackware in mind as they do make some comments about it in one of the >docs). They're actually the reference Realtek drivers for the chip in that >card, plus some tweaked config stuff by the Bromax people. Make sure you >don't get the cardbus version as your L50 has no cardbus (the cardbus >version works well under Linux on an L100 though ...). > >Make sure you download the latest modules for PCMCIA though otherwise very >little tends to work ... also I can't remember if I had to patch the kernel >twice (I installed about 3 things at once, and had to patch the kernel >twice) ... don't try to patch the kernel twice with the same file or things >start going pear shaped. Sounds good, but I'd almost prefer one of their older cards that have been supported in Linux for a while now. I'm running Mandrake 7.1 from 2000, and am already on shakey legs with Linux. But Neil has been working on getting 8.1 setup on his L70, so we'll see. I see a guy on EBay has 4 Bromax cards, model EN10-T2T listed. They look cheap ennough. Will check the list of Linux support cards. But if what you say is right, it ought to be there. What are you using for a modem in Linux Raymond? >>Matt (Shel) >>Posted via L50 running Linux. Yes! > >If your L50 under Linux has no connectivity, how are you posting this? Via an old 33.6K US Robotics modem I got with a L70 I bought on EBay last year. I can't use the 56K Xircom combo modem for Linux, as it requires a patch of some kind in an ascii file that I have no idea how to set up. Plus... I can use that modem with th L70 for networking to this L50 that has Linux set up. Shel 50CT w/Linux: una mas tiempo! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------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 **************************************************************
