Subject: Re: 3400 and PCMCIA card
From: Stuart Anderson (kbj12@dial.pipex.com)
Date: Tue Nov 28 2000 - 15:24:36 MST
Martin,
Just to let you know I got this to work OK with an Ethernet PCMCIA card so
you shouldn't have a big deal with the modem, especially if it's in the list
already (check the config files for pcmcia and there's a long list of
cards).
You should for sure read the Linux PCMCIA HowTo which even mentions
PowerBooks, and you'll need to mess with the files in /etc/pcmcia as well.
What should happen is that when you insert a card you should be able to see
the modules for it load on demand, and it should appear as an item under
cardctl.
I can't remember all the specifics but stick with it. You'll probably get it
to work, I did after I realised I was using a crossover lead by mistake. I
now have my 3400 doing NAT, Firewalling etc. Very cool.
Good luck.
Stuart
> From: Martin Reed <martin@oldbakery.net>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:42:38 +0000
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: 3400 and PCMCIA card
>
> Hi! Having just installed a freshly minted copy of YDL 1.2.1 on an
> abandoned 3400 I hope nobody minds a couple of questions, please. BTW,
> install went very smoothly, much impressed.
>
> I actually have a mad scheme to use this 3400 as a router/firewall.
> However, this rather depends on whether I can get a Psion Dacom PCMCIA
> ISDN card to work. First off, am I likely to get anywhere with this
> approach? Typically the card looks like a pseudo Hayes "AT" modem.
>
> Secondly, when I tried last night to ease this PCMCIA card in to the
> 3400 it seemed like it was getting physically wedged in the card slot (I
> tried both). I chickened out at 80% insertion and yanked it back out
> (took a fair bit of finger tip force). I really know very little about
> PCMCIA card compatibility with a 3400, comments welcome (or where I
> should look for h/w info).
>
> thanks,
> Martin Reed <martin@oldbakery.net>
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