Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 29, 2002 10:08 PM
Agreed. The USB bus is inferior to this task (although this may be different with USB 2.x, I don't know.) It's really a disservice that the manufacturers of these devices perpetrate on the public.
As for it 'working under Windows', well, that's not the measure I'd want to put on anything. Part of the beauty of using Linux is that it enables one to afford proper hardware. Perhaps we should have to support every sort of controllerless modem, as well, because they 'work under Windows?' No matter how much crap they are, in fact?
A NIC can be had for just a few dollars. I think PCMCIA NICs in my area go for about US$40. And how many hours has the OP wasted trying to get that piece of junk working? How much has he paid himself per hour for this aggravation?
Learn about Linux
Download Linux
Get Linux help
Re:blah - Use a NIC
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 29, 2002 10:08 PMAs for it 'working under Windows', well, that's not the measure I'd want to put on anything. Part of the beauty of using Linux is that it enables one to afford proper hardware. Perhaps we should have to support every sort of controllerless modem, as well, because they 'work under Windows?' No matter how much crap they are, in fact?
A NIC can be had for just a few dollars. I think PCMCIA NICs in my area go for about US$40. And how many hours has the OP wasted trying to get that piece of junk working? How much has he paid himself per hour for this aggravation?
#