I recently did some benchmarks. The 16 bit non-cardbus PCMCIA cards
will not exceed 10 Mbps. Make sure you get the cardbus versions. I got
a Linksys PCMP100 10/100 card and the best it would benchmark was
well under 10Mbps (through a switch to a Linksys 10/100 PCI card). I
returned the card and got a Netgear FA510 32 bit cardbus. Ran the exact
same benchmark with a throughput of about 88Mbps. The xjack cards
certainly are an advantage to carry around, but they appear to be a bit
fragile. Dongles are easy to lose of to forget.
On 24 Aug 2000, at 13:34, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> Greetings.. Time once again to call upon the accumulated wisdom..
>
> I'm looking to get some PCMCIA network cards: 10/100 cable,
> and 11Mb wireless.
>
> Does anyone have any success/horror stories about particular
> wireless cards? Such as 'problems w/Linux,' or 'sensitive to
> heat,' or 'has funky antennae that break easily,' or 'sticks out
> a lot and catches on things?'
>
> How about 10/100 cards, especially comparing dongles with the
> pop-out X-jack style?
>
> TIA!
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