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

[Olivier Croissant]

The Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 +Modem 56
works perfectly

olivier

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Heroux [mailto:mheroux@cs.sandia.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 7:50 PM
To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Subject: Best 100 Mbit PC for Thinkpad 770Z (was ifconfig Carrier
problem, addendum)


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.

Thanks.

Mike

At 09:17 AM 7/19/99 -0500, you wrote:
>This seems to be a problem common to all system use of this interface.
>Roughly speaking there is slightly less than one carrier event for every
>transmit event.
>
>One other experiment I tried since last posting:  I put in an old Xircom PC
>card (10 Mbits).  This was recognized just fine and participates nicely as
>a member of the cluster, although at a little slower transfer rate.
>
>At 10:58 AM 7/17/99 -0400, Andy Welch wrote:
>>Sorry Mike, I asked this question before.  I'm going to snap my 770 into
>>the cluster on Monday if I get a chance, to see if it behaves
>>strangely.  Have you experienced poor performance on "regular" 100Mb
>>transmissions?
>>
>>
>>Andy
>>
>>Mike Heroux wrote:
>>>
>>> I got the latest version I found at the site
>>> ftp://csb.stanford.edu/pub/pcmcia.  It is version 3.0.14.  I have
installed
>>> it and it is still behaving essentially the same.  lots of carrier
errors
>>> counted from ifconfig.  Any other ideas?  Thanks.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> At 06:26 AM 7/17/99 +0800, you wrote:
>>> >Have u tried to latest pcmcia package ?
>>> >
>>> >My 3C574-TX also have transmit problem but not on receive.
>>> >
>>> >The latest pcmcia package is believed to fix this.
>>> >
>>> >/ww
>>> >
>>> >On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Mike Heroux wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I also rebooted my laptop in Windows 98 and tested ftp on a large
file.
>>> >> The results are:
>>> >>
>>> >> Windows:     2.5 MB/sec
>>> >>
>>> >> Linux:       500 KB/sec
>>> >>
>>> >> This is through the same 3Com card, so the Linux performance problem
>>> >> doesn't appear to be hardware related.
>>> >> Michael A. Heroux, Ph.D.
>>> >> Applied and Numerical Mathematics Department
>>> >> Massively Parallel Computing Research Lab
>>> >> Sandia National Laboratories
>>> >> ph: 320-845-7695
>>> >> fx: 320-845-7846
>>> >> mheroux@cs.sandia.gov
>>> >>
>>> >
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>>> Michael A. Heroux, Ph.D.
>>> Applied and Numerical Mathematics Department
>>> Massively Parallel Computing Research Lab
>>> Sandia National Laboratories
>>> ph: 320-845-7695
>>> fx: 320-845-7846
>>> mheroux@cs.sandia.gov
>
>Michael A. Heroux, Ph.D.
>Applied and Numerical Mathematics Department
>Massively Parallel Computing Research Lab
>Sandia National Laboratories
>ph: 320-845-7695
>fx: 320-845-7846
>mheroux@cs.sandia.gov

Michael A. Heroux, Ph.D.
Applied and Numerical Mathematics Department
Massively Parallel Computing Research Lab
Sandia National Laboratories
ph: 320-845-7695
fx: 320-845-7846
mheroux@cs.sandia.gov