[ltp] What NIC to buy for Linux/BSD compatibility? [TP i1400 ]

[peter nol]

Great advice about the dongle- everyone i know - including myself-with one of 
those had them
break off - keep this in mind!
And a new dongle will cost 14 bucks in CompUSA!
> I suggest staying away from any card with a dongle or X-jack. I've
> had one of each and they've both broken much sooner than I think is
> reasonable. A RealPort card or a card that sticks out of the machine
> with a full-sized jack permanently attached is much sturdier.
There are two resources that should be enough for you

http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ and freebsd.org 
search groups.google.com and google- i was getting some pcmcia devices
and found this enough informaiton for all my needs.
FreeBSD and Redhat GNU/Linux support my 3com card just fine- and using
fluxbox instead of KDE sure speeds things up on my TP 600.
Good luck.
P.S.
Still haven't compiled my linux kernel to support the built-in mwave modem- 
anybody have a success story? The newer kernels supposedly have the driver 
either for monolithic or as a modules- i had a lot of difficulties installing
both- but i did a minimum install of RedHat- sope mysterious library or two 
missing probably. Anybody with a successfull experience on the list?

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