Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:22:05 +1100 From: Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au> To: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3C589E or Xircom Realport 10BT? Message-ID: <20000111092205.A87838@albury.net.au> In-Reply-To: <3879B470.2B32C619@we.lc.ehu.es>; from jose@we.lc.ehu.es on Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 11:29:04AM %2B0100 References: <3879B470.2B32C619@we.lc.ehu.es>
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Hi Jose, > I am looking for an Ethernet (10Mbps) PCMCIA card for my new laptop, > a Dell Inspiron 3700. The models easier to find at local stores are the > 3COMs and the Xircoms, and I am not sure of which of them works better > with FreeBSD (3.4-RELEASE, no PAO). > I've used both these cards in an Inspiron 3500, with the ep and xe drivers, respectively. Both cards work well with standard -RELEASE - you don't need to use PAO. > I like the Xircom RE-10BT because it has a true RJ45 connector > integrated (it is a type-III card), but I don't know anything about the This is exactly why I prefer the Xircom - that and the fact I get around 200KB/s faster transfers than the 3Com card. > OTOH, I am very confused about the many variants of the 3c589. The local > stores only offer the 3COM Megahertz 3CXE589ET, and I don't know whether > this specific model works fine with the "ep" driver. > Hmmm. The XE is the variant with the XJACK connector - in my experience this type of connector tend to break fairly easily. If you go with a 3Com card, get the 3CCE589ET - it has a small adapter cable between the card and the TP cable, which appears to be more sturdy. Regards, Nick. -- From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680): "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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