mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) (02/09/91)
We have a laptop computer that we'd like to connect to our Ethernet when it's at the office. Since adding an expansion slot to the laptop is not practical, the natural solution seems to be a pocket LAN adapter that attaches to the parallel port. The only one I've heard of is Xircom's, and unfortunately, it doesn't fulfill our requirement for packet-driver support based on the v7.0 packet driver core code. (The reason we need v7.0 packet drivers is that we're running 802.3-based Novell and Ethernet II-based TCP/IP on the same wire and on the same machines, using BYU IPX. The laptop needs concurrent Novell and TCP/IP access, and I'd like to do it the same way I did it on the other machines.) Suggestions for pocket LAN adapters, as well as suggestions for ones to stay away from, are greatly appreciated. -- Marc Unangst | "I think I have a bad disk. Even though I mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us | folded it to fit into my drive, it still ...!umich!leebai!mudos!mju | doesn't work..." -Caller to a tech support line
nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (02/09/91)
In article <1991Feb8.202427.1779@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
Suggestions for pocket LAN adapters, as well as suggestions for
ones to stay away from, are greatly appreciated.
I'm not happy with Xircom; I think everybody knows why (if you don't,
send me email).
There are alternatives to their products, made by D-Link. D-Link's
products are cheaper, and there is a packet driver for the DE-600
thinwire adapter (at least). I have found D-Link to be a very
responsive company. For example, they supply a sticker for their
internal adapters that explains the jumper positions. This is
unusual, and very handy.
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I joined the League for Programming Freedom, and I hope you'll join too.jbreeden@netcom.COM (John Breeden) (02/10/91)
In article <NELSON.91Feb8224512@sun.clarkson.edu> nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) writes: >In article <1991Feb8.202427.1779@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes: > > Suggestions for pocket LAN adapters, as well as suggestions for > ones to stay away from, are greatly appreciated. > > >There are alternatives to their products, made by D-Link. D-Link's >products are cheaper, and there is a packet driver for the DE-600 >thinwire adapter (at least). I have found D-Link to be a very They also now (finally) have an NDIS driver. -- John Robert Breeden, jbreeden@netcom.com, apple!netcom!jbreeden, ATTMAIL:!jbreeden ------------------------------------------------------------------- "The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from. If you don't like any of them, you just wait for next year's model."