From: Vincent Poy (vince_at_mail.MCESTATE.COM)
Date: Thu Jun 03 1999 - 08:14:38 EDT
On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Warren Tan Wing Wah wrote:
> I'm planning on running Red Hat Linux 6.0 on a Thinkpad 560, without a
> CD-ROM drive. Hence, a good pcmcia ethernet card is essential - which one
> should I go for? I need one that _definitely_ works with Linux, 98 and NT.
>
> Looking at eBay, a used 3Com / Xircom (I'm only considering these two
> brands) goes for about $60, not too bad.
>
> Alternatively, is there a site somewhere I can look up the driver support
> for these cards?
You should probably look at the LinkSys since they seem to have
native FreeBSD and Linux support and it's even mentioned on their webpage.
> Also, any idea which modem card I should use? Or which combo card?
Modem card, probably the Xircom... or the LinkSys.
Cheers,
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