Need help: ethernet card for Compaq

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It's "PC Card", not PCMCIA card.

Almost any Ethernet PC Card will work. Find out if the laptop will take
a 32-bit (aka "cardbus" ) card, if so, that will be faster than a 16-bit
card.


Andy in NJ wrote:

> I am looking for a PCMCIA Ehternet card for my Compaq Armada 4131T. It runs
> Win98SE and I'd like to connect it to my cable modem. Can anyone recommend a
> card that will work with this computer?
>
>

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"Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Almost any Ethernet PC Card will work. Find out if the laptop will take a
> 32-bit (aka "cardbus" ) card, if so, that will be faster than a 16-bit
> card.

I don't believe it will take a 32-bit card. Can you suggest any specific
brands/model numbers I should consider?

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It really doesn't matter much. Linksys, D-Link, Belkin, Netgear, 3Com,
Intel .... there are probably 50 firms that have made them, and there's
not a lot of difference, especially in the more recent cards.

The shift to Cardbus occured in about the 1997 timeframe, when systems
were 100 to 166 MHz Pentium I's. If you system is signifcantly newer
than that, it will probably take a Cardbud card.

You can get used Ethernet cards on E-Bay for as little as $5.



Andy in NJ wrote:
> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:416C1974.2060306@neo.rr.com...
>
>>Almost any Ethernet PC Card will work. Find out if the laptop will take a
>>32-bit (aka "cardbus" ) card, if so, that will be faster than a 16-bit
>>card.
>
>
> I don't believe it will take a 32-bit card. Can you suggest any specific
> brands/model numbers I should consider?
>
>

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Lisa Horton <Lisa091704@lisahorton.net> wrote:
>
> No kidding, those dongles usually cost at least $15!

Yep! When we get cards donated without the dongles, they're usually routed
directly to the trash.

--
Regards,

James

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"Andy in NJ" <SHORECOGS at COMCAST DOT NET> wrote in message
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> I am looking for a PCMCIA Ehternet card for my Compaq Armada 4131T. It
runs
> Win98SE and I'd like to connect it to my cable modem. Can anyone recommend
a
> card that will work with this computer?


Do a search on Froogle.com for 3CXFE574BT. This is the 3COM PCCard 10/100
card with XJACK. XJACK eliminates the need for the pain in the butt dongle,
which is easy to lose or break.

Do not get 3CXFE575CT because this is a CardBus card.

Note: PCMCIA is now called PCCard

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Al Dykes wrote:
>
> In article <416C917C.A5C22B27@lisahorton.net>,
> Lisa Horton <Lisa091704@lisahorton.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >JHEM wrote:
> >>
> >> Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
> >> > It's "PC Card", not PCMCIA card.
> >>
> >> To be _perfectly_ correct, it's a PC Card in a PCMCIA slot! ;-)
> >>
> >> > Almost any Ethernet PC Card will work. Find out if the laptop will
> >> > take a 32-bit (aka "cardbus" ) card, if so, that will be faster than a
> >> > 16-bit card.
> >>
> >> Andy, that old Armada is 16BIT only (non-Cardbus), but there are tons of old
> >> cards on eBay that will work with it. Look for a Xircom 10/100 card, as long
> >> as you stay away from the "Realport" combo cards, it should be a 16BIT card.
> >> Just make _sure_ it comes with the dongle!
> >>
> >
> >No kidding, those dongles usually cost at least $15!
> >
> >Lisa
>
> Circa 2001 3Com would replace them free, for the asking.
> --

I wish I'd checked with them in 2001 then, rather than in 2003

Lisa