[mdlug] PCMCIA card stopped working

[David Lee Lambert]

On Saturday 02 February 2008 14:13, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> David Lee Lambert wrote:
> > On Friday 01 February 2008 09:33, Ingles, Raymond wrote:
> >>> From: David Lee Lambert
> >>>
> > [...]  I'm using a USB Ethernet adapter until
> > that arrives.
>
> I would just stick with the USB adapter.
> 1: You probably have more USB connectors than PCMCIA slots.

Only one USB port on this laptop,  but two PCMCIA slots.

> 2: You can plug a USB hub into a USB connector, giving you
>     even more USB connectors.

I tried that here.  I have a small USB 1.1 hub, but the adapter stopped 
working (dropping about 80% of TCP/IP packets) when I plugged it and a flash 
drive into the hub at the same time.  I don't know whether it was a power 
issue or a bandwidth issue.

> 3: If one of your PCMCIA slots gets damaged, you're down
> to only one.
>
> So basically, use the PCMCIA slots ONLY when you have
> a job that can't be solved with a USB device.

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