Linux-Hams archive - August 1998: Re: Portable Add-ons network card

Re: Portable Add-ons network card

John Melton - Sun UK - ENS (dxkcvj.hnjwytea@renovis.com)
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 08:17:31 +0100 (BST)


The problem I have, is that I have a laptop that has a network card in it that
is identified as being a "Portable Add-ons Full Duplex Ethernet" card. I don't
know if this is just another card with their badge on, or what chip set it uses
internally. They do supply their own drivers for Windows/95 and NT, and also
Windows/98 has a driver for it on the Update CD.

I guess I could configuring a kernel for the different PCMCIA network cards and
see if any work, but was hoping someone might know something about this card.

-- John

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> On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, John Melton - Sun UK - ENS wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > does anyone know of a device driver for the Portable Add-ons network cards
for a
> > laptop?
> >
> > -- John Melton n6lyt/g0orx
> >
> Hi John,
> I just use the 'ne' module here. I'm wondering if your question is
> really "how do I configure a kernel that makes this dang thing work?" I
> have a Toshiba T3400CT and had to add some strange defines to the
> .config. Like PCI... that was one I found by accident. I'd be happy to
> send you my .config file for comparison. It is running kernel 2.0.33,
> Slackware 3.4.
>
> --
> 73, Ronnie.
> terhi.victor@logonet.com
>
>