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    Recommendation for PCMCIA ethernet card

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      Balanga
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      I'm thinking of using a Thinkpad laptop as a router by installing pfSense on it and could do with a recommendation for a PCMCIA ethernet card…

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        cmb
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        It's been a number of years since I've used any PCMCIA NICs, but back in the day, the common 3Com Megahertz cards worked well. Tons of them out there, like these.
        http://www.ebay.com/itm/3COM-Dell-10-100-LAN-PCMCIA-Ethernet-Network-Adapter-3CCFE575CT-D1-with-Dongle-/111883074414?hash=item1a0cc03b6e:g:M1MAAOSwFnFWDx3D
        http://www.ebay.com/itm/3Com-3CCFE575BT-Megahertz-10-100-Mbps-LAN-CardBus-PCMCIA-PC-Card-w-Dongle-/321978583622?hash=item4af76b4a46:g:NGoAAOSw5dNWiGuW

        any 3Com PCMCIA NIC should work.

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          SnowGhost
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          I had a Thinkpad R52 (R51 maybe) and a 3com 10/100 card.  It was fine for a 1.5Mbit ADSL link.

          When I moved to the Australian NBN wireless 25/5 speed, I discovered that it couldn't do it.  It was undoubtedly the 3com card, but I wasn't going to trouble shoot ir.  So I threw it all out and moved to a C2D with 2 intel Gigabit NICs and the speed went up to expected.

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