Router and PCMCI questions as pertaining to the kernel

Trever Adams (highlander@teleteam.net)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:15:57 -0600


I was asking these questions on comp.os.linux.hardware hoping to be able
to keep from asking them here. Please do not flame me for posting here,
they are semi-relevant (probably more than many messages here).

1) PCMCIA is support I know (TYPE II at least). Is type III (cardbus)
supported? If so are the cardbus cards supported listed at:
http://hyper.stanford.edu/~dhinds/pcmcia/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS?

2) Does anyone have any good numbers comparing a Linux box w/ ISDN card
(Pentium 100 or better... likely a PPro 200 with enough RAM) to say a
Pipeline 75 as far as latencies. We have been displeased, here where I
work, with the Pipeline 75. The firewall kills things it shouldn't and
it does other things wrong too. It also looks like we are moving to
another state and this will require us to have servers there ready to
take orders when the DNS changes occur, so it gives us the opportunity
to buy another Pipe (or the Cisco equivelant though I have been told it
has no firewall or one that is worse than the pipe) or to switch to a
Linux box acting as router/firewall. So again, the question is what
kind of latencies does a good linux box have compared to a Pipelin 75 or
similar router device?

3) (This one I would ask people respond to on comp.os.linux.hardware if
you can find my post on the subject o rin private... it is way off
topic.) Can anyone recommend a great ISDN card that works with Linux?
Yes, I have read the list that are compatible... now I am looking for
recommendations. Also, what is the price range on these around the USA?
(Haven't begun my search that far yet.)

Thank you very much, if this is more offtopic than I thought, please
forgive me.

Trever Adams

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