[wellylug] Switch

Fri Nov 30 18:13:19 NZDT 2001

This is what it lists.  I know some of the group use PCMCIA cards with Linux
so it will be an issue of which cards?

I will look at Freesco which has been recommended as being better than
Coyote?

Lindsay

3c501,"3Com 3c501",,
3c503,"3Com 3c503",,"8390"
3c505,"3Com 3c505",,
3c507,"3Com 3c507",,
3c509,"3Com 3c509/3c579",S,
3c523,"3Com 3c523",,
3c59x,"3Com 3c590 Series (592/595/597/90x)",N,
a2065,"Commodore A2065 Ethernet",,
ac3200,"Ansel Communications EISA 3200",,"8390"
apricot,"Apricot Xen-II on-board Ethernet",,
ariadne,"VillageTronics Ariadne Ethernet",,
at1700,"AT1700 Ethernet",,
cs89x0,"CS89x0 Ethernet",,
de4x5,"DECchip & DIGITAL EtherWORKS PCI/EISA",,
de600,"D-Link DE600 Pocket Adapter",,
de620,"D-Link DE620 Pocket Adapter",,
depca,"DEPCA",,
e2100,"Cabletron E21xx",,"8390"
eepro,"Intel EtherExpress Pro",,
eepro100,"Intel EtherExpress Pro 100",N,
eexpress,"Intel EhterExpress 16",,
es3210,"Racal-Interlan EISA ES3210",,"8390"
eth16i,"ICL EtherTeam 16i/32",,
ewrk3,"EtherWorks 3 (DE203/DE204/DE205)",,
fmv18x,"Fujitsu FMV-181/182/183/184",,
hp,"HP PCLAN (27245 and other 27xxx series)",,"8390"
hp-plus,"HP PCLAN+ (27247B and 27252A)",,"8390"
hp100,"HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA/EISA/PCI)",N,
hydra,"Hydra Ethernet Adapter",,
ne,"NE2000 ISA and clones",Y,"8390",,
ne2k-pci,"NE2000 PCI and clones",N,"8390",,
ni5010,"ni5010 based ethernet adapter",,
ni52,"ni5210 based ethernet adapter",,
ni65,"ni6510 based ethernet adapter",,
pcnet32,"AMD PCNet32 (VLB/PCI)",N,
rtl8139,"RealTek 8139 10/100",N,
smc-ultra,"SMC Ultra",N,"8390"
smc-ultra32,"SMC Ultra32",N,"8390"
smc9194,"SMC 9XXX based (Dell Laptops)",,
strip,"Metricom Radio in Starmode",,
tlan,"TI ThunderLAN",N,
tulip,"Digital dc21x4x based ethernet",,
via-rhine,"VIA Rhine 1 or 2",,
wavelan,"ISA Wireless Ethernet",,
wd,"WD80*3 SMC Elite",,"8390"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lorraine Offord & Tony Wills" <ajwills at paradise.net.nz>
To: <wellylug at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [wellylug] Switch

> Hi Lindsay,
>
> Ok, I've got a Toshiba T4600, 486DX33, 200MB HDD, 12MB RAM, with two
PCMCIA
> network cards (3COM).
>
> All seems to be working ok (its got Win95 on at the moment, and it
> recognises the cards).
> Do you want 10baseT or 10base2 interfaces?
>
> Then there is the other question, does coyote support PCMCIA? I suspect
not
> because of the extra space the drivers would take up, but I've never
> looked.  Then again the HDD is big enough, but if you used that (instead
of
> a floppy based coyote), it would be one more element to wear out and cause
> the system to fail.
>
> What do you think?
>
> --- Tony
>
> At 21:26 28-11-01 +1300, you wrote:
> >You are on!
> >
> >Lindsay Hunter
> >4 934 1702
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Lorraine Offord & Tony Wills" <ajwills at paradise.net.nz>
> >To: <wellylug at yahoogroups.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 9:15 AM
> >Subject: Re: [wellylug] Switch
> >
> >
> >>
> >> If you want and old monochrome screen, 486 laptop, with a couple of
10Mb
> >> network cards, I think $200 is an easy target :-) (most difficult part
> >> would be finding the appropriate cables to match the pcmcia network
> >cards.)
> >>
> >> If anyone is interested I'll go track some down.
> >>
> >> --- Tony
> >>
> >> At 23:00 27-11-01 +1300, Lindsay Hunter wrote:
> >> >Agreed, but where can I find a Linux compatible laptop with two PCMCIA
> >> >network cards for $200 or less?
> >>
> >> >From: "Lorraine Offord & Tony Wills" <ajwills at paradise.net.nz>
> >> >To: <wellylug at yahoogroups.com>
> >> >Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:59 PM
> >> >Subject: Re: [wellylug] Switch
> >> >> At 20:37 27-11-01 +1300, you wrote:
> >> >> >I was thinking a client, SOHO, two NT4 boxes, getting cable on
> >Thursday,
> >> >> >should have redundancy on the two PCs.  Could use Coyote but that
is
> >> >> >cumbersome a client who already has an overstuffed office.  The
D1704
> >> >> >seems to be a switch with filtering in an affordable box?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >What do you think?
> >>
> >> >> Coyote on an old 486SX laptop doesn't take up much space :-)
> >> ...
> >>
> >>
> >>
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