[KLUG Members] chartermi cable

Bryan-TheBS-Smith members@kalamazoolinux.org
Fri, 05 Oct 2001 20:26:36 -0400


Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> The Dlink is the worst,  a 10/100Mb card that can barely manage
> 2-3Mb/s,

That's because it is a NE2000 ISA compatible.

> Maybe I should just buy a wireless NIC?! :)  Would probably be
> about the same speed.....

True.  Although it all depends on the interface.  Many notebooks are
still 16-bit/ISA PCMCIA, instead of 32-bit/PCI CardBus.

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