Is there a laptop that has two on-board ethernet 10/100 ports that also supports Red Hat 5.5
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2I 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.– MaQleodNov 1, 2010 at 21:29
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Red Hat 5.5? RHEL 5.5?– Ignacio Vazquez-AbramsNov 1, 2010 at 21:44
3 Answers
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.
Just use any laptop with a single ethernet port and which supports RedHat 5.5. Then add a PCMCIA Ethernet card (about $10).
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.