Re: Multifunction cards functioning... er, multiply?
My Xircom 56k 10/100 combo card allows both to be used simultanously, but
unfortunanatly it doesn't have the xjack, although for most people the
realport card is a good alternative (the only drawback is that it is
type3).
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Drew Parsons wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 08:03:17PM -0500, Scott Bigham wrote:
> > I have a 3Com Megahertz 3CXEM556 Ethernet/modem combo card, which
> > apparently keys off the 3c589_cs kernel driver. It works fine, but it
> > suffers from the problem described in the PCMCIA HOWTO[*] that the
> > Ethernet and serial drivers cannot function simultaneously, so that, for
> > instance, I have to manually rmmod the Ethernet driver to use the modem.
> >
> > My question is, have more recent versions of the kernel or PCMCIA
> > modules alleviated this problem (I'm currently running kernel 2.2.5 and
> > pcmcia-cs 3.1.1-1 on top of Debian 2.1); or alternatively, can anyone
> > recommend an Ethernet/modem combo card (preferably with XJACK) that does
> > not have this problem?
>
>
> As far as I know my combo card operates simultaneously, although I haven't
> had a lot of reason to try using ethernet and modem at the same time, so I'm not
> 100% sure.
>
> I'm running kernel 2.2.12 with pcmcia-cs v3.1.4-2. My card is a Xircom
> RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 (REM56G-100). The laptop is a Toshiba
> Satellite Pro 490CDT.
>
> What's XJACK?
>
> Drew Parsons
>
>
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