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To: Patrick Thomas <root@utility.clubscholarship.com>
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Subject: Re: comments on linksys usb100m "key" adaptor ?
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Patrick Thomas wrote:
> 
> This is very nifty:
> 
> http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=31&prid=402
> 
> It is a 10/100 USB ethernet adaptor, but as you can see it is simply a USB
> "key" - no cables or dongles.
> 
> Has anyone gotten this to work under FreeBSD ?  I would like to think it
> uses the same linksys USB adaptor that already works in FreeBSD ...
> 
> Comments ?

They break easily and can overstrain or break the USB port if the
network cable gets pulled.  Horror stories about 3com's "x-jack"
design are apropos.

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