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Summary: Clean, Neat, Functional, Good Price
Review: .There are a few PCMCIA cards on the market that incorporate network and faxmodem connectivity together, but I like the EtherFast 10/100 + 56K Modem PC Card. I like Linksys products, they have never let me down. The card's network and modem connectors are fully integrated into the card's body, so there is no need for extra cables, dongles, or connectors -- you simply plug in your network and telephone cables and go. So, there are no extra parts to carry or break! Unlike many other network/modem cards on the market that require 2 PCMCIA slots in order to function, the Linksys card only requires a single PCMCIA slot for operation, freeing up your notebook's other slots for other cards if you should need them. Another way to connect to a LAN is by using a wireless LAN connection. That is fine if every place you want to use it has a wireless transceiver. I favor the simplicity of this products CAT 5 connector. That's the way to go. You only have to ask yourself. Do I want to pay for the clean, neat simplicity (this PCMCIA card), or do I want a cheaper product, with a few more hassles? If cost is a factor, check out the PCMPC200 and my review on it.
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Summary: Clean, Neat, Functional, Good Price
Review: . There are a few PCMCIA cards on the market that incorporate network and faxmodem connectivity together, but I like the EtherFast 10/100 + 56K Modem PC Card. I like Linksys products, they have never let me down. The card's network and modem connectors are fully integrated into the card's body, so there is no need for extra cables, dongles, or connectors -- you simply plug in your network and telephone cables and go. So, there are no extra parts to carry or break! Unlike many other network/modem cards on the market that require 2 PCMCIA slots in order to function, the Linksys card only requires a single PCMCIA slot for operation, freeing up your notebook's other slots for other cards if you should need them. Another way to connect to a LAN is by using a wireless LAN connection. That is fine if every place you want to use it has a wireless transceiver. I favor the simplicity of this products CAT 5 connector. That's the way to go. You only have to ask yourself. Do I want to pay for the clean, neat simplicity (this PCMCIA card), or do I want a cheaper product, with a few more hassles? If cost is a factor, check out the PCMPC200 and my review on it.
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Summary: Sooooo Easy!
Review: I bought and installed this card in a Micron Transport NX laptop. It was absolutely painless! The instructions were easy to follow and after I followed the instructions, BOTH the modem and LAN connections worked, first time!-- no fuss, no bother! And, like icing on the cake, the card comes with full size sockets for both phone cord and Ethernet 10/100 BaseT, PLUS there are indicator lights for both connections to give feedback to you about the connection. It's a terrific tool at a terrific price. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Works well.
Review: I bought one of these 9 months to a year ago and have found it to work very well. No problem with installation (windows 98) on an older IBM Thinkpad laptop. The light indicators are quite helpful. I like the dongleless setup, but I do still have fears of it getting broken. The inclusion of the two cables, one telephone, the other network was helpful although both are short. I have successfully used both the modem and lan card simultaneously with great success. So no problems yet. I would recommend it. I have had good experiences with other Linksys network (PCI) cards previously on both Linux and Windows.
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Summary: My favorite PCMCIA card of any kind
Review: I've had this card for about 3.5 years and it has worked flawlessly the entire time. I bought it because I was tired of replacing the dongles on other models (I broke one within an hour of connecting it). The things I like are (in order of lovability): * Integrated connectors (i.e. no dongles)
* Easily readable and meaningful indicator lights
* Takes only only one PCMCIA slot
* Hot swappable (doesn't requite a reboot if you suddenly decide you need to insert it) I guess the only quibble I have is that it is a half duplex model rather than full duplex but in my networking situation I don't think it matters one bit. Also be aware that its connector ports extend beyond the PCs case about 3/4" rather than being flush with it like some other models. However those other models require two PCMCIA slots whereas this one only requires one.
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Summary: Exceeded my expectations
Review: Sick and tired of trying to configure software based modems to work with Linux and an old 365X ThinkPad, 120mhz, 72mb RAM, I gave up and spent a few extra bucks for this little hardware based LAN/Modem. Slackware Linux 7.1 recognized the modem as soon as it booted up, I dialed out and was surfing via Lynx in seconds. Tiring of text based surfing, I tried it in KDE as well without any complaints.
Seeing how it worked so well with Slackware, I decided it was time to try it with Windows 98 (I mentioned before that this was an older ThinkPad). While booting into Windows, the little computer bogged down considerably. Despite that, it connected to the web satisfactorily. The only other problem I had with the LAN/Modem was that it would hang for about twenty seconds or so before actually disconnecting.
Since buying this LAN/Modem, I have given away the little ThinkPad (along with a software based modem because all they are familiar with is Windows) and moved on to Broadband. I am keeping a tight grip on the LAN/Modem though. One never knows when an old laptop may cross ones path and need a bit of tweaking. :)
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Summary: greatest combo card for linux
Review: the LAN and modem ports are just working on linux
that's it
even with RH 6, MDK 8
but discontinued to use after getting another cardbus lan card (and changed to use broadband)
note: the modem is hardware-based, not winmodem
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Summary: The best in its class, period.
Review: There are more PCMCIA network adapters out there than you can shake a stick at, and a few of them are actually good. This is not one of them, this card is GREAT. Unlike the plethora of "dongleless" cards popping up lately, this card only needs one slot, freeing up my second cardslot for other peripherals, flashRAM addapters, and etc. My personal favorite feature of this card is its LINUX support. It installed without a hitch under RedHat (6.2), Mandrake (7.0) and debian... you cant say the same thing for other similar cards that use "winmodem" technologies for the modem part of their products. I have been using this card for about a year now, and I do not plan on changing any time soon.
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Summary: Excellent and Versatile
Review: This modem/network combo card is perfect. This card is simply no hassle. Installation was a cinch, I have had no problems with its operation. Primarily, I use my laptop to study for law school. Therefore, I am either at home or in the library. At home I use the modem and at the library the network. Simply plug in the line and connect.
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Summary: Excellent and Versatile
Review: This modem/network combo card is perfect. This card is simply no hassle. Installation was a cinch, I have had no problems with its operation. Primarily, I use my laptop to study for law school. Therefore, I am either at home or in the library. At home I use the modem and at the library the network. Simply plug in the line and connect.
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