Hi, all --
I think it was my posting that started this, so I would like to follow up. I found
Mandrake 7.0 and installed it on the laptop in
question (the original question, that is). I told it to install PCMCIA. I hadn't
done this at first when I loaded 6.1, and when the
startup script reported that it was starting PCMCIA it evidently wasn't. I find now
that I can ping other machines in our LAN
using my Linksys PCMCIA card, and I get some evidence that it is at least trying to
telnet. I still have a lot to learn about
using Linux as a networking operating system, but at least the problem I was having in
the beginning appears to be solved.
The machine sees the Linksys card, and it works at least at a very low level.
(Now, what do I have to do in order to be able to Telnet from one machine to the other
-- and where is the documentation on
SAMBA?)
Anyhow, the problem -- at least for laptops -- seems to be PCMCIA installation, not
Linksys
On Thu, 1 Jun 2000 20:28:59 -0500, Vic wrote:
>Not that I would buy one (thanks very much for the warning)
>but do they give you your money back if you did buy one
>by mistake? If not I would sue their butts.
>
>On Wed, 24 May 2000, Jay Latham wrote:
>> I'm sorry to hear that you got suckered into buying a linksys card. These
>> guys are ripoffs. I posted a long warning to everyone about a month ago
>> about them and their pc cards.
>>
>> LINKSYS DOES NOT SUPPORT LINUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are just trying to
>> make money off of some other persons hard work. Hoping someone else has
>> written a driver for the card.
>>
>> At least you got an answer back from them .. when I sent in a msg about my
>> card and linux it took a week for them to send me a msg back telling me
>> they don't support Linux.
>>
>> You are correct in assuming they are wrong about re-compiling the kernel...
>> here's what I had to do to get the card to work on my Dell laptop.
>>
>> Make sure networking is turned on.
>> Reboot
>> Go into your bios and turn off your serial ports ( most important
>> part!!..don't set to auto or any other choice you might be offered... turn
>> them off.)
>> Linux should detect your card now ... Good Luck
>>
>>
>> Jay
>
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