Back in the days when laptops were not built with on board network ports, PCMCIA was the only way to add a laptop to a conventional ethernet network. I bought my xircom card from a computer fair for just £20, back when they were a rareity. I got home and hooked it up, only to find although ... Read review
Advantages: compact, relatively cheap Disadvantages: takes up 2 PCMCIA slots
...network. I bought my xircom card from a computer fair for just £20, back when they were a rareity. I got home and hooked it up, only to find although it advertises only using one PCMCIA slot, it actually takes up the room of two on most laptops. However, this prevents needing a short jumper wire from the card, the network cable just goes straight into the end of the card. A great feature is the two status lights on the top of the card which can be ... ...connectivity, and another for traffic. This is especially useful if you are having troubles with your network. Th drivers for the card come included with windows 2000, however i had to download them for windows 98, but it does work fine. I've never had a problem with the adapter, but its so small that it sometimes slips to the bottom of my bag and it takes me ages to find it. Overall, a great product at a great price. ... more
Back in the days when laptops were not built with on board network ports, PCMCIA was the only way to add a laptop to a conventional ethernet network. I bought my xircom card from a computer fair for just £20, back when they were a rareity. I got home and hooked it up, only to find although it advertises only using one PCMCIA slot, it actually takes up the room of two on most laptops. However, this prevents needing a short jumper wire from the card, the network cable just goes straight into the end of the card. A great feature is the two status lights on the top of the card which can be seen when the card is in use. One for connectivity, and another for traffic. This is especially useful if you are having troubles with your network. Th drivers for the card come included with windows 2000, however i had to download them for windows 98, but it does work fine. I've never had a problem with the adapter, but its so small that it sometimes slips to the bottom of my bag and it takes me ages to find it. Overall, a great product at a great price.
Advantages: Reliable, lot of features Disadvantages: Problems when installing on Win98 and WinMe
ready (the third slot on the card, but you ask the vendor if that specific card is)
- Integrated Ethernet LAN, modem and telephone handset pass-through connectors provide reliable cable-free connectivity
?16 bit
- PC Card detects both 10 and 100 Mbps Ethernet through a single connector for faster performance
- Dimensions(WxDxH)/Weight-86 x 54 x 10.5 mm/36 g
- Hot-swappable (you can just plug it into the card slot and the system will see it, but I recommend to do this with a Win2000 or WinXP)
- System Requirements - IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 3.x/95/98/2000/XP.
2. Xircom® RealPort CardBus Ethernet10/100+Modem 56 GlobalACCESS (RBEM56G-100)
This card has THE SAME specs (except the fact that it is a 32 bits card, making it faster than its ?sister? + it has the power saving feature ...
When I recently upgraded my network to 100mb I needed to find a new network card for the laptop. The XircomRealPort CardBus Ethernet10/100 was my first choice due to the quality of the card, the speed of the card was not so important but this card performs excellently. The installation was extremely easy, I just inserted the card and installed the software from the supplied CD, after one restart the laptop was back on the network. The card seems extremely robust and it looks like it will take a lot of damage. This is not the cheapest card but will become the cheapest overall due to the useful length. ...
Advantages: No dongles to loose or break, quality, speed Disadvantages: Takes up both PCMCIA slots
For some unkown reason, Compaq decided that they wouldn't put a network socket on my laptop - who is going to need to connect their laptop to a network eh? Obviously no one at Compaq, but for the rest of us we all do! Fortunatly my laptop has 2 PCMCIA slots that I hardly use so a PCMCIA network adapter would be ideal. The problem with these though are the fact that many of them have bits sticking out, or a dongle, or both. This would have been an absolute pain when lugging the laptop to and from Uni as I'd either loose the dongle, or break it, or the bit sticking out would get stuck everywhere and so on. Luckily I discovered the RealPort range of PCMCIA adapters from Xircom. The main advantage to these is that they have a full sized standard network socket on the adapter so there are no bits sticking out, no extra wires and so ...
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Manufacturer's product description
The Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 offers mobile users high-performance 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet connectivity in a robust Integrated PC Card with a built-in connector. BatterySave power management reduces power when the adapter is not in use for longer battery life. It provides reliable access to information while in the office. The revolutionary RealPort Integrated PC Card family solves the number one problem mobile users experience with PC Cards today - lost, forgotten, or broken cable connectors and broken pop-out jacks. Patented RealPort Integrated PC Cards provide robust and reliable communications solutions by integrating connectors directly into the card. With RealPort Integrated PC Cards there are no cables and no hassles. Connecting to information in the office or on the road has never been easier.
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