[wellylug] pcmcia network cards

[Matt]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 07:45, Bill Christiansen wrote:
> My dongle was getting a bit worn on my Xircom card so I picked up a
> DSE XH7912 card off Trademe for $12.50 to try (actually I notice the
> new ones are currently on clearance for only $23). Anyway it works
> great, uses the realtek 8139cp 8139too drivers from the kernel and
> activates earlier on boot than my Xircom card did, so it passes the
> "syncronising clock to ntp server" line instead of giving a temporary
> dns failure like my Xircom card does. If anyone would like a Xircom
> IIps card with a slightly worn dongle let me know.

Don't you control what services come up and when through your init scripts?  
Hardware shouldn't have any control over this.

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Regards

Matt