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    PCMCIA cards

    Anyone?

    I have two PCMCIA wifi cards. One is 11b, NetGear, that works in "old" IBM T21 laptop and "newer" "noname" laptop. The other card is a 3COM 11g that is "seen" by the "old IBM T21" but is "not seen" by the newer laptop. There is a (perhaps significant, perhaps not) difference between the cards in that the 3COM 11g card has a metallic (brass?) strip just above the "Connector" end of the card.

    When I write "seen" by the newer laptop, when I physically insert the 11b PCMCIA card in the new laptop, it is detected by Fedora and appears as device eth1 (eth0 is the in-built "on-board", UTP, NIC). When I insert the 3Com 11g card, the device is not detected as eth1.

    I have read some vague references to "newer" PCMCIA formats but I would have thought that the newer laptop would have no problems "seeing" any PCMCIA cards that can be seen by the older IBM T21.

    Any ideas why the newer laptop cannot "see" the 3COM 11G card?


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    Re: PCMCIA cards

    We should rename this area the Clive Long Support Forum...

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    Re: PCMCIA cards

    Or maybe more accurately the Clive Long No Support Forum..

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    Re: PCMCIA cards

    PC cards with bumps along the connector plate (the brass plate) are 32 bit. Those without are 16 bit.

    What is the old laptop running as an OS? Perhaps Fedora doesn't have compatible drivers for the 11g card?
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    Re: PCMCIA cards

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    We should rename this area the Clive Long Support Forum...
    He needs all the help he can get.

    Alternatively, consider it a free education service.

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    Re: PCMCIA cards

    Quote Originally Posted by Clive Long View Post
    Alternatively, consider it a free education service.
    Coming soon to a TV channel near you: "What Not To Geek"...

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    Re: PCMCIA cards

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Coming soon to a TV channel near you: "What Not To Geek"...
    Ooooh ... that reminds me ... has anyone used a Freecom Digital TV DVB-T USB Stick Freeview receiver under Linux?

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