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. — MaQleod, Nov 01 '10 at 21:29

nonot1 · Answer 1 · 2010-11-03T13:42:30.193

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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.

edited Nov 03 '10 at 13:42

answered Nov 02 '10 at 02:11

nonot1

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '10 at 21:31

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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 01 '10 at 21:31

sleske

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 02 '10 at 02:59

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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.

answered Nov 02 '10 at 02:59

paradroid

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