[ltp] Re: TP-21 Cardbus Problems?

[Eric Nichols]

I use the same card that Friedemann mentions in his initial post on my
600X. Under Win2000, I have ftp'd large files at 68Mbps (so says the ftp
client but it was fast). I haven't used this card under linux so can't
vouch for the performance in that environment but I don't think I could
get that speed under W2K if the card was 16 bit on a slow bus. On a T21,
the PCMCIA slots sit on a PCI bus that runs at 33Mhz minimally so it
should perform much better than what Friedemann reports. My guess is
that cardctl is misreporting the card type but I don't know what else in
his configuration might account for the poor performance. I will try my
3com under linux and post the results.

Cheers,

EN

Alan Shutko wrote:

> Friedemann Baitinger <fb@baiti.net> writes:
>
> > [root@blackbox baiti]# cardctl status
> > Socket 0:
> >   5V 16-bit PC Card
> >   function 0: [ready]
> >   function 1: [ready]
> >
> > Does this explain the weak performance?
>
> Yes.  16-bit cards can't go much faster than 12Mbps.  The only
> advantage of a 10/100 16-bit card is that you can operate (albeit
> slowly) on a 100Mbps network.  To go full speed, you need a cardbus
> card.
>
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