[ale] Recommend a PCMCIA lan card?

rob hoppe hoppe at mindspring.com
Mon Jul 30 21:17:49 EDT 2001


Fulton Green wrote:

> Keyword here is "old", which may mean that your PCMCIA bridge isn't CardBus-
> compatible. That being the case, I've had fantastic luck with a 3com 3C589
> card. Keep in mind that it only does 10baseT, not 100baseT.
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 08:33:08AM -0700, John Wells wrote:
> > I recently acquired an old Compaq lte5280 laptop and
> > need to get a lan card for it.  Can anyone recommend a
> > reasonably inexpensive, Linux-friendly card?

I have had very good luck with the 3C589s.  Flawless installs!  Dove Bid in
Alpharetta usually has them at CHEAP!  770-205-4000  The dongle is very good for
this card!

Rob

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