Ethernet PC card for 1400

[MacMan]

I'm looking to get an ethernet PC card for my PowerBook 1400cs. I've heard there can be compatibility issues with some cards so which cards are the ones I should look for? Manufacturer names and models will help alot in my search.

I need the card to be able to connect to a standard 100MBps LAN.

Thanks!

 

[equill]

Have you made a search of this Forum using 'PCMCIA' and 'ethernet? Connection into a LAN of a NuBus architecture PB1400 with a 16-bit card will depend on the brand of card. You may need to go through a 10Base-T hub if the PC card has difficulty with autonegotiation.

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[MacMan]

Yep I had a look mainly at this thread which gives a little detail on cards. I was wondering if I could find any more brands that are known to be compatible.

 

[equill]

If you had done your search on 'PCMCIA AND ethernet' you would have found that wally and Kami and I had named brands that work. Look, for example at this, which is about one-third of the ruling prices only a couple of years ago, and new also. You can get the driver from the current owner of Farallon:

http://support.proxim.com/cgi-bin/proxim.cfg/php/enduser/acct_login.php?p_sid=Jx*nO1Ii&p_lva=&p_sp=&p_li=&p_next_page=std_adp.php&p_faqid=297&p_created=&p_

accessibility=&p_redirect=

if it is not in the box. The Forum software does not like this url, so you will have to rejoin it at the line returns

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[MacMan]

Super, thanks for the pointers.

 

[wally]

Update: Yesterday at a Ham Radio flea market I bought an Asante FriendlyNet PC Card for PowerBooks (designated FNPB 10T/TN on the box, version 3.0 software, have not checked yet for later versions) for $1 and tried it out on a PB1400 that had Orinoco Silver WiFi already installed (and no other PCMCIA drivers). The two work especially well together in that unlike others I have tried there is no need to disable the other extension or reinstall to use the other flavor of card, however a restart and tweak of TCP/IP control panel is required. Ethernet connection is to a Buffalo "G" Ethernet converter with 100 Base-T and 10 Base-T port standards. This particular PB1400 is a barebones /117 Mhz, 32 MB memory, MacOS 8.6 but is usable with Internet Explorer 5.1.7 and Netscape Communicator 4.8, I'm using NS 4.8 on it to post this.