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" <
psylence@cox.net>
To: <
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
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: <frankburton001@netscape.net>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> 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
> >
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