besides the issue of drivers if you change or upgrade os, no.
PCMCIA is the better alternative. you can get combo ether/ pots modem PCMCIA and i think i heared rumors about 802.3/11b cards somewhere. The relevancy of all that depends on why you wanted you bay open in the first place. Both cards should be Type II Class 2. rdh On Fri, 17 May 2002, Bon sy wrote: > Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 08:58:04 -0400 (EDT) > From: Bon sy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ben Serebin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] USB Network Cards (slightly off-topic) > > Ben, > Check this out (Netgear EA101) and see whether this does what you > are thinking: > > http://www.netgear.com/adapters_main.asp > http://www.netgear.com/product_view.asp?xrp=1&yrp=3&zrp=11 > > Hope this helps! > > Bon > > > On Fri, 17 May 2002, Ben Serebin wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > Looking for feedback on USB wired Ethernet cards. Has anyone > > used USB network cards (primarily for laptops)? I'm looking into a > > Linksys one since it is smaller and lighter than an ethernet PC Card > > because my laptop has only 1 slot, that is for the wireless card. As > > per USB network cards, I know, the speeds will top out at 12-13Mbps, > > but besides that, any other issues? > > > > Why No Ethernet on laptop? > > I looked into getting an internal ethernet card, but my > > laptop does not support standard mini pci cards, only another type of > > pci slot utilizing a pci relay card which complicates things. Then I > > was going to have to add my own I/O connectors for the ethernet card > > and a RJ-45 jack. Surprise, surprise, I decided that was too much > > effort. > > > > Feedback anyone? > > > > Thanks, > > -Ben > > -- > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
