From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 17:08:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC46A16A4BF; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 17:08:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC74343FEA; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 17:08:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (warner@rover2.village.org [10.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h8A08dTY016397; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 18:08:41 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:54:23 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20030909.155423.18286839.imp@bsdimp.com> To: andreas@freebsd.org From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <20030909180947.GA23478@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> References: <20030909180947.GA23478@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.2 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What do you think of the new 3COM cards with X-Jack ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 00:08:44 -0000 In message: <20030909180947.GA23478@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org> Andreas Klemm writes: : Another question: I noticed on the FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility List, : that this eBay card is supported under FreeBSD 5.1 : : 3Com 3CXFE575CT : : Could somebody other confirm, if it runs under -current ? : And perhaps 4.8-stable as well ? The 575 is a Cardbus card. My BT and CT variants work (and my friend's xjack based one also works, but I forget if he has a BT or a CT). However, cardbus is a no go on 4.x (although I have heard rumors of people porting the 16-bit part of NEWCARD to -stable). I have used these cards extensively in the past, but do so less extensively now due to changes in the laptop I carry every day (my FIVA has a builtin nic, and has issues with cardbus I've not been able to track down). It has been a few weeks since I've done a complete regression test on these cards. In that time I've seen people complaining about problems they are having some issue or another. : On eBay I could get two of these but with a HP label on it, : therefore the cards are cheaper (~ $30 ...). : They are described as: : Manufacturer: 3Com : Model: 3CXFE575CT (3Com); F1626B (HP) : : Do you know if these HP (labeled) 3Com cards are really 3Coms : with no ill side effects and if the price is o.k. ? : : http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3045854871&category=21902&rd=1 I'm pretty sure that they will work, but it is hard to know for sure. $30 for a NIC seems a little expensive. Many of the early IBM EtherJet cards go for about $10 in the US with dongles. Warner