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How does a gumstix connect to a network?
There are several ways to connect to a network:


 * 1) Obtain 10/100 Ethernet using a connex motherboard with either an etherstix expansion board or any netstix expansion card.  the netstix FAQ tells how to get an ethernet connection started for a new netstix configuration.
 * 2) 802.11(b) or 802.11(g) WLAN using the connex motherboard with a wifistix expansion card. wifistix can be operated at 54 M bps.
 * 3) 802.11(b) or 802.11(g) WLAN using a CompactFlash WiFi card plugged into a  expansion card that has a CF socket (netCF or CFstix). (The only one with which we've really done any testing is the Netgear MA701 in a cfstix expansion board).
 * 4) 802.11(b) or 802.11(g) WLAN using a USB wifi dongle plugged into breakout-vx or console-vx expansion board plugged into a verdex motherboard. See Template:FAQ/Questions/USB-wifi-dongle.
 * 5) Bluetooth(TM) wireless via a Bluetooth option on either a basix or connex motherboard.
 * 6) USBnet via any usb port
 * 7) Serial connectivity via a waysmall, or tweener, expansion board with a serial null-modem cable. gumstix Linux includes a complete TCP/IP stack, and a fully functional PPPd, which will allow a network connection to be establishd over any of the serial port.