Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 20:41:20 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs
OK I posted this once but the webmail interface crashed ... sorry if this comes through twice! At 12:50 AM 15/05/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 07:45:17 +0000 >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs > >Now that I have Linux running on this L50, my next project is to get a 56k >hardware controller modem and NIC that Linux supports. My 56K/Ethernet >Xircom CEM56 card is not supported, although there's a fix in an ascii >file I haven't figured out how to set up. > >But could I get some feedback from people who have ISA 56k modems and NICs >working on a Linux installation on their L50/70, with their make and >models. Then I can look around EBay and see what I can pick up for $10 >-$20 for each. I've had great success running a Bromax (a division of Kingmax) iPort (dongleless) 10/100 16bit PCMCIA NIC in my L50 under Red Hat Linux 6.2 ... they even have Linux drivers for download on their website plus pretty good instructions on how to install them (compared to most Linux docs at least). The drivers aren't RedHat specific (I get the feeling it was written with Slackware in mind as they do make some comments about it in one of the docs). They're actually the reference Realtek drivers for the chip in that card, plus some tweaked config stuff by the Bromax people. Make sure you don't get the cardbus version as your L50 has no cardbus (the cardbus version works well under Linux on an L100 though ...). Make sure you download the latest modules for PCMCIA though otherwise very little tends to work ... also I can't remember if I had to patch the kernel twice (I installed about 3 things at once, and had to patch the kernel twice) ... don't try to patch the kernel twice with the same file or things start going pear shaped. - Raymond >Matt (Shel) >Posted via L50 running Linux. Yes! If your L50 under Linux has no connectivity, how are you posting this? --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | | ICQ: 31756092 | Libretto IRC channel #Libretto on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
