[ltp] [HS] pcmcia ethernet + token ring on Linux Thinpad

William WAISSE linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 23:36:22 +0100


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On Friday 10 January 2003 12:29, Mike_Phillips@URSCorp.com wrote:
>  If you can get the cardbus token ring adapter, its far,far easier to w=
ork
> with than the pcmcia cards.

 I'm a long time linux user bot not very aware of network arcanas.

 What is the cardbus token ring adapter, on onboard chip ?
( I own a 770X )
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> I've had t/r and ether pcmcia cards working fine together - the ether w=
as a
> 3c575, and I got it working with all the token ring adapters.
>
>
 OK, thanks, happy to now be sure it _is_ possible, my eth card=20
will be a 3c mageahertz ( OK for GNU/Linux ), and I will probably=20
have choice for token ring card.

 Do i only need  :

* to have the drivers ( modules ).
* to configure eth0 and eth1 using linuxconf.
* to ifup/ifdown my connections to use them ?

 what else ?
 ( Could it  be so easy =3D|<{{} ?




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