[mdlug] PCMCIA card stopped working

[Aaron Kulkis]

David Lee Lambert wrote:
> 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.
>

Ouch.
In that case, never mind.

>> 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.

It's probably bandwidth.
You need a 2.0 hub.

> 
>> 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.
>