[GLLUG] PC Card eth0 Recommendations

[Marr]

On Tuesday 05 August 2003 01:55pm, Melson, Paul wrote:
> Actually, what may be even more humorous is that Microsoft's networking
> hardware is pretty standard Accton/SMC OEM stuff, which would probably work
> just fine under Linux.  I know that the MN-520 (wireless PCMCIA card), for
> example, works great under RedHat 9.
>
> PaulM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Humorous aside: I went looking in Circuit City initially and couldn't
> easily find the PCMCIA hardware so I told the salesperson that I wanted a
> PCMCIA Ethernet card that was Linux-compatible. He led me right to the
> Microsoft card, ignoring all of the other manufacturers. I laughed and
> said, "I'm pretty sure they're the _last_ manufacturer who's going to be
> Linux-compatible!"

Very interesting, but not completely unexpected. What I really meant (and 
should have said) was "I'm pretty sure they're the _last_ manufacturer who's 
going to _advertise_ Linux-compatibility on the box!"

It's nice to know about MS-compatibility, but they'll still be my "when Hell 
freezes over" choice (with apologies to Ed G. and his cable-modem). ;^)

Bill Marr