Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:09:00 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Luke Kearney <lukek@meibin.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: next question re the Thinkpad. Message-ID: <20040627090900.GA89574@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20040627171655.3372.LUKEK@meibin.net> References: <20040627052447.GA89069@tao.thought.org> <20040627171655.3372.LUKEK@meibin.net>
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On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 05:19:09PM +0900, Luke Kearney wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 22:24:47 -0700 > Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> granted us these pearls of wisdom: > > > > > Is anybody using a Thinkpad among the list? I have found one > > with the > > > > ``SMC 2206 compact USB-Ethernet adapter for connecting to > > ethernet networks.'' > > > > In LINT (4.10) I see "SMC 2202USB" listed. > > > > Can anybody help me? > > > > gary > > I have Thinkpad X30 which runs 4.9-p10 currently and I have had no real > issues in setting it up. Mine has inbuilt NIC's though and there were no > issues at all in recognising the ethernet or wireless NIC. X was really > easy to setup and it's been really reliable since day1. > > HTH > It helps to a point. The thing is that my budget is limited to th $200-$300 range. I'm not looking for anything fast ... just smething solid with a good drive and CDROM. And a NC that just-works. I've been checking the freebsd laptop list and working from these, but still flying blind pretty much. Anybody else have laptop success stories to share in the 266-400MHz range?? thanks to all, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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