I use IC-CARD+ ($A100).
Linux 2.0.35 recognises it as "NE2000 cpmpatible" and it work well out of the
box. I am using PCMCIA code dated 20/8/98.
Cheers,
Stephen.
> Four weeks ago I asked this group to help me find an ethernet card for
> my laptop. I had a 3c575 that didn't work. The advice I got was
> mixed: the NE2000 is flawed; the NE2000 is reliable. That was the
> only advice that seemed to apply to PCMCIA cards. Most people were
> using PCI cards.
>
> I have since loaded several new PCMCIA packages from
> ftp://hyper.stanford.edu/pub/pcmcia, including a NEW/ one from last
> week. The 3c575 still doesn't work. The driver identifies it
> properly. But I am unable to ping.
>
> I know the laptop is not the problem and I know my network
> configuration is not the problem and I know the network connection is
> working. I have no problems using a borrowed Farallon EtherWave card
> (that shows up as a 3c589).
>
> So last Friday I decided to abandon the 3c575 (altho I cannot return
> it) and try a new card. I considered a Farallon, but I didn't want to
> deal with that rather large mini-hub they attach to the card.
> Carefully studying the SUPPORTED.CARDS file and trying to somehow
> relate the part numbers to the vaguely similar part numbers on the PC
> Connection web page, I eliminated card after card. I finally picked a
> Xircom CreditCard CE3B-100BTX.
>
> Last night my brand new card arrived. I plugged it in. It did the
> proper double beep. dmesg looked good. I was loading the xirc2ps_cs
> 1.30 driver and I was connected to a 10BaseT network. But ping
> doesn't get out. The LEDs indicate the network link is OK. But there
> is no activity.
>
> I tried the card in a friend's laptop (using the 1.29 rev driver).
> Same response. Frustrating. As far as I can tell I did everything
> right. Fortunately I was able to quickly determine that the
> CE3B-100BTX doesn't work so I have hope of getting a refund. Then I
> can order another card in the hope that maybe it will work. PC card
> roulette. I wonder how many times I can do this before PC Connection
> tells me to take a hike...
>
> I'm now thinking of trying an Ositech Four of Diamonds which uses the
> smc91c92_cs driver. (I figure I should not buy into the same driver
> twice.) Anybody have experience with this card?
>
> Or perhaps I should try a Farallon EtherMac. The reason I didn't try
> it before is because the part number was screwy, something like 591.
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