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

Frank 'Crash' Edwards linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 09:49:29 -0400 (EDT)


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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