Ethernet PCMCIA Cards

[Dave Speed <dspeed@well.com>]

As alluded to in a previous post, I am having difficulties
with connection my 701C to my home ether net (10 Base T).

I purchased a Simple Technology (ST) PCMCIA Ethernet card from 
Computer Discount Warehouse (CDW); they said that the card was 
compatible with the 701C Thinkpad. (And yes, I do believe in 
the tooth fairy...)

First attempt to install did not take even after trying beta 
drivers (why did I start to feel slightly sick ?) so I swapped the 
card for a new one.  Second card also balked. Probably not the
card.

I am coming to the conclusion that the problem is in the OS.  When
I ordered the box, the CDW ad said "Windows 3.11" which I read as 
"Windows for Workgroups 3.11"; I would have denied the existence of
the former, but it does seem to exist.

IBM Tech Support states (after several longish consults) that 1. W3.11 
is not WFW3.11, and 2. "peer-to-peer networking is not supported under 
W 3.11, but you can share disk drives and printers"; at this point, I
thanked the nice man and rang off.  No help here.

Back to ST.  They were unaware of any problems; the 701C was not on
any black list.  My tech guy was also unaware of a W3.11 variant. 
They are looking into it.

Basically, I want to be able to use the printer and CD player when at 
home.  Any pointers to the solution appreciated.  Email to me and I will
post with the solution (hopefully soon).