Re: [expert] USB NIC?

2000-04-20 Thread John D. Kim
Yes, the USB does limit the speed of the connection. But there are many 100Mbit USB ethernet cards out there. Probably has better compatibility for places where they only have 100Mbit hubs or something. Anyway, only the Linksys 100TX is known to work. I've heard suggestions not to use the 10Mb

Re: [expert] USB NIC?

2000-04-20 Thread Mage Grimau
>From the Linksys page on the USB100TX: "The 10/100 USB Network Adapter features an(sic) maximum of 12Mbps throughput (the maximum throughput supported by USB)" Seems rather pointless, to me. Why drag down your LAN with this device? --- Jean-Louis Debert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "John D.

Re: [expert] USB NIC?

2000-04-19 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
"John D. Kim" wrote: > > The kernel has some USB support, but it is very outdated. You can > download a backport of usb from kernel 2.3.50 to 2.2.14. I got myself a > Linksys 100TX for my iopener. Haven't had a chance to play with it yet, > though... The backport can be downloaded from...lets

Re: [expert] USB NIC?

2000-04-19 Thread Marcos Dione
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Alen Salamun wrote: > Hoyt wrote: > > > > I heard that 7.0 has some USB support. True? > > > > Anyone using a USB ethernet card? Which one? > Hi! > > Yes USB patches are applied to the kernel, but I haven't tried it out > yet :) ur... IFAIK, it's only keyboard and

Re: [expert] USB NIC?

2000-04-19 Thread John D. Kim
The kernel has some USB support, but it is very outdated. You can download a backport of usb from kernel 2.3.50 to 2.2.14. I got myself a Linksys 100TX for my iopener. Haven't had a chance to play with it yet, though... The backport can be downloaded from...lets see if I can find it... http:/

Re: [expert] USB NIC?

2000-04-19 Thread Alen Salamun
Hoyt wrote: > > I heard that 7.0 has some USB support. True? > > Anyone using a USB ethernet card? Which one? Hi! Yes USB patches are applied to the kernel, but I haven't tried it out yet :) bye, Alen -- *---* *E-Mail: Alen Salamun <[EMAIL P

[expert] USB NIC?

2000-04-19 Thread Hoyt
I heard that 7.0 has some USB support. True? Anyone using a USB ethernet card? Which one? Thanks, Hoyt _ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html