FYI, Belkin 10/100BT ethernet CardBus works

[Net Llama!]

On 01/13/03 17:35, Bill Campbell wrote:
> I need to use two pcmcia slots on a laptop, a FireWire and NIC.
> Unfortunately most of the commonly available NICs now have the RJ45
> connector built into the NIC which either takes two slots in the case of
> the Xircoms, or has to be in the top slot for most of the others -- as do
> the FireWire adapters I've seen.
> 
> The only dongle-equipped NICs I could find at CompUSA were a couple of
> Belkin units, one 16 bit, the other CardBus.  I just tried the CardBus
> unit, and it worked perfectly with Caldera 3.1.1 Workstation, identifying
> itself as ``SMC1211TX EZCard 10/100 (RealTek RTL8139)''.  I'm not real fond
> of RealTek cards or dongles, but at least it works.

I dunno, my experience with Belkin stuff has been pretty good.  My 
wireless access point is a Belkin, and it works very well (excellent 
signal strenght, and easy to configure).

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