And, once again, I have demonstrated my ability to respond to a post before reading it thoroughly. Apologies for jumping the gun. :) I've only used Xircom cards (and 3com built-ons) on laptops before while running Linux, so that's all I can offer as a recommendation. Garrett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett" To: Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 8:25 PM Subject: Re: re:cox question > Any NIC with a Realtek chipset (RTL8139 appears on the big chip on the > card), usually the $10 PCI batch at Fry's Electronics have never failed me. > I prefer 3com for "industry standardness", but if you need something quick, > cheap, and that works on Linux, the generics with RTL8139 won't stear you > wrong. > > Garrett > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 5:06 PM > Subject: re:cox question > > > > well it looks like I need a new nic card. So I'm here looking for advice. > My computer is a compaq presario 14xl244 laptop it currently has a combo > minimodem nic card. I found a driver for the modem but I can't seem to find > one for the nic card. So can anyone suggest a card. I dread the thought of > taking this box apart, but it looks like I'm kinda stuck. By the way I'm > poor so I'm looking for the cheapest card supported. > > TIA > > Frank Burton > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > > The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! > http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > > > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at > http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss