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330 lines
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>Network Connections</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="HOME"
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TITLE="Linux on the Road"
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HREF="index.html"><LINK
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REL="UP"
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TITLE="Hardware in Detail: CPU, Display, Keyboard, Sound and More"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p2c1-hardware-in-detail.html"><LINK
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REL="PREVIOUS"
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TITLE="Docking Station / Port Replicator"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p2c1s14-docking-station-port-replicator.html"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="Built-In Modem"
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HREF="mobile-guide-p2c1s16-modem.html"></HEAD
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>Linux on the Road: </TH
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WIDTH="10%"
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>Prev</A
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>Chapter 12. Hardware in Detail: CPU, Display, Keyboard, Sound and More</TD
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WIDTH="10%"
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ALIGN="right"
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VALIGN="bottom"
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NAME="mobile-guide-p2c1s15-network-connections"
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>12.25. Network Connections</H1
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CLASS="sect2"
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><H2
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CLASS="sect2"
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><A
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NAME="AEN3147"
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>12.25.1. Related Documentation</H2
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> <P
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><OL
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TYPE="1"
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><LI
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PLIP.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>PLIP-mini-HOWTO</A
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NET3-4-HOWTO.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Networking-HOWTO</A
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> <A
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HREF="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Ethernet-HOWTO</A
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>
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</P
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></LI
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></OL
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>
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</P
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><H2
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><A
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NAME="AEN3160"
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>12.25.2. Connection Methods</H2
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><P
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> Almost all recent laptops are equipped with a built-in network card.
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This chapter shows some methods to connect older laptops without
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internal network cards.
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</P
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><H3
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NAME="AEN3163"
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>12.25.2.1. <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PCMCIA</SPAN
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> Network Card</H3
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><P
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> If your laptop supports <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PCMCIA</SPAN
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> this is the easiest
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and fastest way to get network support. Make sure your card is supported
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before buying one.
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</P
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></DIV
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CLASS="sect3"
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NAME="AEN3168"
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>12.25.2.2. Serial Null Modem Cable</H3
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><P
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> Probably the cheapest way to connect your laptop to another computer,
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but quite slow. You may use PPP or SLIP to start the connection.
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</P
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><DIV
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><H3
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><A
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NAME="AEN3171"
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>12.25.2.3. Parallel Port NIC (Pocket Adaptor)</H3
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> <A
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HREF="http://www.unix-ag.uni-siegen.de/~nils/accton_linux.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Accton Pocket Ethernet and Linux</A
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This ethernet adaptor uses a parallel port and delivers approximately 110k Bytes/s
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throughput for those notebooks that do not have <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>PCMCIA</SPAN
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> slots.
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="sect3"
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><H3
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CLASS="sect3"
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><A
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NAME="AEN3176"
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>12.25.2.4. Parallel "Null" Modem Cable</H3
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><P
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> Offers more speed than a serial connection. Some laptops use chipsets
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that will not work with PLIP. Please see
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<A
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HREF="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PLIP.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>PLIP-HOWTO</A
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for details.
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</P
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></DIV
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><DIV
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CLASS="sect3"
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><H3
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><A
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NAME="AEN3180"
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>12.25.2.5. Docking Station NIC</H3
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><P
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> I don't have experience with a NIC in a docking station yet.
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><H2
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><A
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NAME="AEN3183"
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></A
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>12.25.3. Wake-On-LAN</H2
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><P
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> Wake-On-LAN works with some laptops equipped with built-in network cards.
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<A
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HREF="http://www.scyld.com/wakeonlan.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Wake-On-LAN</A
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>
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is the generic name for the AMD "Magic Packet" technology. It's
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very similar to the PCMCIA modem "wake on ring" signal line. The basic idea is
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that the network adapter has a very-low-power mode to monitor the network for
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special packet data that will wake up the machine.
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The
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<A
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HREF="http://www.scyld.com/wakeonlan.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>etherwake</A
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package as well as the
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<A
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HREF="http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Wakeonlan</A
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> Perl script
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are able to send 'magic packets' to wake-on-LAN enabled
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ethernet adapters and motherboards, in order to switch on remote computers.
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You may use <B
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CLASS="command"
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>ethtool</B
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> to configure some
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special Wake-On-LAN settings.
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</P
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