On Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:06:04 +0000
Ronan Kirby <ronan at mediasat.ie> wrote:
| Dave Airlie wrote:
| > Anyone know do Xircom realport cards work with Linux? and where in Ireland
| > they can be gotten ..
| > realports are cool because they don't use those little pesky adapters that
| > break when you move the laptop :-)
| Last time I used a Xircom stuff there was a little support. There was
| linux support for the Xircom 33.6 pcmcia modem, and also for their 10
| base-t NIC. There was no support for the 56k or the 10/100 NIC. Which
| was quite a pain in the arse as I had a Xircom modem / NIC combo card,
| so I was totally screwed.
The CEM-56/100 has worked for me since the pcmcia-cs-3.0.x (for some small x).
For a while there it had a bizarre problem where it thought it was a memory
card on boot but then copped if you eject/loaded it.
| Is the realport a combocard or what?
Yup. It's a type III card (ie uses both slots) which takes both the RJ45 (net)
and RJ11 (analog) straight into the card. There is also a port for GSM, but
I'd imagine you'd need to get the extra cable to do that.
Paul
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