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

[Bob Koss]

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.



On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Frank 'Crash' Edwards wrote:

> 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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