From: Robert M. Cohen (robertmcohen_at_hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Apr 10 2001 - 04:00:09 EDT
I have a T20 that only came with the built-in modem. I replaced it as
soon as possible with the 3Com card and haven't had any problems with
it. I use it in the US, Europe and the Middle East and regularly
connect at 50K+. I have seen -lots- of messages on the IBM ThinkPad
forums about poor performance of the other modems available for the A/T
series. And, as you say, it's one of those topics that the IBM forum
staff are constitutionally incapable of approaching dispassionately.
Bob Cohen
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart F. Biggar [mailto:Stuart.Biggar_at_opt-sci.arizona.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 01:04
To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
Subject: MiniPCI ethernet/modem in A21p
I have an A21p (2629HTU) the Win2000 and the Intel/Xircom
MiniPCI ethernet/modem card. Last week I was in a hotel
in the DC area which had a "data port" on the phone. I
tested the port with a tester - OK. However, the modem
("Xircom MPCI+ Modem 56 Winglobal") refused to connect.
I happened to have a TDK V.90 PCMCIA modem 5660 along and
it worked fine although the connect rate was slow.
Does anyone know if any company makes a MiniPCI combo
card with 100 Mbit ethernet and a real, hardware (not
Winmodem) modem?
Does IBM make the card shipped in the A21p or does someone
make it for them?
(I asked IBM and got a non-answer).
If I could get a card with a real modem it would probably
also work with Unix (winmodems don't in general except
for some based on a Lucent chipset for which Lucent
provides a Linux driver but that doesn't help with
Sun Solaris).
Thanks,
Stuart
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