Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 14:43:24 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs
At 10:55 PM 15/05/2002 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 05:50:27 +0000 >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Poll on Linux compatible modems and NICs > >>>I see a guy on EBay has 4 Bromax cards, model EN10-T2T listed. They >>>look cheap ennough. Will check the list of Linux support cards. But if >>>what you say is right, it ought to be there. >> >>That or look on the Bromax website under driver downloads to see if they >>have a Linux driver for it. > >Hmmm... are there cards on the list of cards supported by Linux that still >need to have drivers set up? I was lucky that three of 6 cards I tested >out worked immediately without having to set any drivers at >all. Unfortunately 2 of the ones that failed to be recognized were the >ones from my two CD-ROM drives. Well put it this way. If the manufacturer lists it as having Linux drivers then at least you know they've gone to the effort. >I'm wondering if it possible to network the L50 running Linux to the L70 >running Windows, and be able to access a CD-ROM drive there. Is that >something that is possible? Yup ... share out the CD-ROM drive on the Windows one then on the Linux one go "mount -t smbfs -o username=<username> //<computer name>/<share name> /mnt/<whatever you want to call it>" (I might have the source and destination switched there). Make sure you unmount it when you're done or weird things happen. >>>What are you using for a modem in Linux Raymond? >> >>I'm not ... I got a Xircom Realport 56k with my L50 (the previous guy >>used it with the APR) but I've not used it. Even in Windows, when I'm far >>enough away from a network point to need to use a modem there isn't a >>phone line around anyway so I just use the IrDA link with my cellphone. I >>haven't got IrDA working under Linux yet but then again I only tried for >>a few minutes... I don't use Linux on the libby often enough to justify >>bothering. > >So do you connect your Lib/Linux setup to access broadband via the >NIC? Or do you just access the net via your l100 (L110?) and/or desktop? Well my L50 now belongs to my sister ... my L100 only really access the internet through LAN either at work or at home and is able to do so booted into both Linux and Windows. I don't really have access to a telephone jack anywhere where there isn't already a network port so I've not needed a modem card (and where there is neither I boot into Windows and use my cellphone). - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "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 **************************************************************
