From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Jan 10 14:23:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from tarial.albury.net.au (tarial.albury.NET.AU [203.15.244.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C06B14A29 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 14:23:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nicks@tarial.albury.net.au) Received: (from nicks@localhost) by tarial.albury.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA90579; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:22:05 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from nicks) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:22:05 +1100 From: Nick Slager To: "Jose M. Alcaide" Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3C589E or Xircom Realport 10BT? Message-ID: <20000111092205.A87838@albury.net.au> Mail-Followup-To: "Jose M. Alcaide" , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3879B470.2B32C619@we.lc.ehu.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <3879B470.2B32C619@we.lc.ehu.es>; from jose@we.lc.ehu.es on Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 11:29:04AM +0100 X-Homer: Whoohooooooo! Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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