Laptop with two on-board ethernet 10/100 ports that also supports Red Hat 5.5

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Is there a laptop that has two on-board ethernet 10/100 ports that also supports Red Hat 5.5

I doubt you'll find a laptop with two on-board LAN ports, and I really don't see many reasons why you would need that on a laptop, but for those few instances you do, you can always add a second one via USB or PCMCIA.

sleske · Answer 1 · 2010-11-01 21:31:01Z

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Just use any laptop with a single ethernet port and which supports RedHat 5.5. Then add a PCMCIA Ethernet card (about $10).

answered Nov 1 '10 at 21:31

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paradroid · Answer 2 · 2010-11-02 02:59:39Z

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Your best bet would be to get an ExpressCard Ethernet adapter which would allow you to use just about any laptop that has Linux support.

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nonot1 · Answer 3 · 2010-11-03 13:42:30Z

Depends on what you need exactly, but if you cant find a laptop like this, you can:

You can use a single Ethernet port that is configured two VLANs that is connected to a small smart switch that breaks those VLANs out to two physical ports.
Use any linux supported USB/Expresscard Ethernet dongle.

Another option is to virtualize the RH 5.5 install inside a Linux host that supports more drivers.

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