Best 100 Mbit PC for Thinkpad 770Z (was ifconfig Carrier problem, addendum)

[William Ball]

On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Bob Koss wrote:

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> I just received my Z yesterday so I'm still figuring out how it works ;-)
> 
> But I've been using Linksys Etherfast 10/100 PC cards for awhile and 
> they've been trouble-free.  As a bonus -- they work with Linux as well.

i'll second this opinion... i have three of 'em installed on different
laptops and never had a problem... i usually buy mine from the bargain
bin at the local computer store (Microcenter)...

the only drawback is that they use a dongle; i like the idea of the Type 3
combo cards with built-in jacks, and may explore getting a 3Com 3CCXEM556

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> On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Frank 'Crash' Edwards wrote:
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> > On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Larry Mills-Gahl wrote:
> > > >This thread seems to have died, which I interpret as no one knowing the
> > > >answer, so let me ask a different question:
> > > >
> > > >Does anyone know a good PCMCIA card that is known to work well at 100 Mbits
> > > >with an IBM Thinkpad 770Z?  
> > > >
> > > >If it is a combo Ethernet and Modem card, all the better.
> > > 
> > > D-Link DFE-650 works fine (careful on other D-Link cardbus cards)
> > > 3Com 574 does not 
> > 
> > Correct.  I understand that the 575 is much better, however.  I just
> > picked up a NetGear FA410TXC, which I'll be testing over the next few
> > days; I'll post a result here.
> > 
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