From: David Reid (dwreid_at_hiwaay.net)
Date: Tue Aug 01 2000 - 01:19:52 EDT
The one that resulted in my post to the list is the Linksys Integrated
10/100 PCCard 16 and CardBus cards. The photo in pcConnection catalog
dipicts the housing where you plug in the RJ 45 to be quite large (as would
be expected to plug in)
Search pcConnection for "linksys etherfast"
or click here
http://www.pcconnection.com/scripts/productdetail.asp?product_id=193008
----- Original Message -----
From: "STeve Andre'" <andres_at_msu.edu>
To: "ThinkPad-L" <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: TP Network cards Recomendations?
> This might be a good time to ask, since we're talking about NIC's for
> ThinkPad's:
>
> Who besides Xircom makes ethernet cards with an integrated RJ-45
connector?
> I have the Xircom RBE card and works at 10/100Mbits. The modem works but
> isn't very good unfortunately. I might be curious about trying out other
> NIC's, but
> I *really* want to stay with the RJ-45 system: dongles just reek too much!
>
> --STeve Andre'
>
> At 10:28 PM 7/31/00 -0400, Jim Biggerstaff wrote:
> >You don't mention what model Thinkpad you are using. More recent
Thinkpads
> >have Cardbus slots, older models have "plain" PCMCIA (also called
PC-CARD)
> >slots. Your manual should tell you what you have.
> >
> >Let me second the motion for a card with the integrated RJ-45 connector
(not
> >Xjack). A very desirable feature.
> >
> >jim
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "David Reid" <dwreid_at_hiwaay.net>
> >To: "ThinkPad-L" <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
> >Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 9:36 PM
> >Subject: TP Network cards Recomendations?
> >
> >
> > > I need to get a NIC for my TP but not sure what to get I'm looking a
the
> > > following here in a pcConnection catalog but don't understand the
> > > differences.
> > >
> > > Linksys with integrated RJ45 port
> > >
> > > EtherFast 10/100 Integrated PC Card 16bit
> > > EtherFast 10/100 Integrated CardBus PC Card
> > > EtherFast 10/100 PCMCIA PC Card 16bit
> > > EtherFast 10/100 CardBus PC Card 32bit
> > >
> > > Perhaps the last two simply don't have the integrated connection for
the
> > > RJ45. Anyway, which card is desireable? I don't have a network at
home
> > > yet, but have a couple of work locations that I need to be able to
"hook
> >up"
> > > to. Standard MS Windows networks.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > dave
> > >
>
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