>Fast is good. I have Dlink, Linksys, and Xircom PCMCIA NICS, >and while the Xircom is faster .. I'm using a Xircom PCMCIA Ethernet/Modem (CEM56-100) card with my Omnibook 2000 under Mandrake 8. It works swimmingly with both the modem and NIC (couldn't be happier with it from a laptop perspective) Chris