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Re: Card recommendations (was Re: pcmcia custom installation)



On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <shaleh@valinux.com> writes:
> > >> What card are you trying to support?
> > > 
> > > It's a 3COM Megahertz 10/100 LAN + 56K modem card. Unfortunately I
> > > read in SUPPORTED.CARDS that it uses a Winmodem. Oh well, I can use my
> > > old 10M card for modem and the new one for ethernet. Is there a way to
> > > disable one part of a combo card, eg., disable the ethernet on the old
> > > card so that only the modem part of the card is used?
> > > 
> > 
> > if cardmgr can't use the device, it will ignore it.  So the modem
> > part will be ignored.
> 
> Well, in my scenario I'd be using the old 10M + 56k card for just a
> modem. All of it works, but I'd like to disable the Enet part of that
> card and use the Enet from the new 656C card.
> 
> > > Additionally, the new card isn't recognized by the PCMCIA software. I
> > > get the following on the console when I insert it:
> > > 
> > > Aug 29 17:03:21 saix3449 cardmgr[145]: initializing socket 1
> > > Aug 29 17:03:21 saix3449 cardmgr[145]: unsupported card in socket 1
> > > Aug 29 17:03:22 saix3449 cardmgr[145]:   product info: "3Com Corporation",
> > > "3CXFEM656C-LAN", "LAN", "1"
> > > Aug 29 17:03:22 saix3449 cardmgr[145]:   manfid: 0x0102, 0x6564  function: 6
> > > (network)
> > > 
> > 
> > verify that the manfid it returns matches the one in
> > /etc/pcmcia/network.<something> (laptop at home, doing this from
> > memory).
> 
> Yeah, I just spotted a post in comp.os.linux.portable that says I may
> need to use the Beta PCMCIA stuff to make it work by default.
> 
> > 
> > You may have to add a line for that manfid.  If so, mail David Hinds (pcmcia
> > maintainer) so he can use it from now on.
> > 
> > > It may have something to do with the ID string my card is feeding the
> > > PCMCIA stuff. Maybe it's slightly different than what the PCMCIA
> > > software is expecting? Certainly the SUPPORTED.CARD file lists the
> > > 3CXFEM656C as supported. Is this not the same as 3CXFEM656C-LAN?
> > > 
> > 
> > pcmcia will use either that string or the manfid.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Maybe the best solution is to send the thing back and get a fully
> functional card. Anyone have a good suggestion for a 10/100 + 56k card
> that works out of the box with pcmcia-cs-3.1.19? I could kick myself
> in the rear for not asking here first!
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
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How about Linksys Etherfast 10/100 56K V.90 combo card (manufacturers part
number PCMLM56). Setup instructions can be found at
http://www.linksys.com/support/support.asp?spid=26. This is the card that I
have had my eye on for a while and when I get the cash I am gonna spring for
it.

Dan
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