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Date:      Mon, 10 Jan 2000 11:29:04 +0100
From:      "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es>
To:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   3C589E or Xircom Realport 10BT?
Message-ID:  <3879B470.2B32C619@we.lc.ehu.es>

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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 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
quality of the "xe" driver (and I know that it is broken under -CURRENT).

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.

Any recommendations?

TIA,
-- JMA
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José Mª Alcaide                         | mailto:jose@we.lc.ehu.es
Universidad del País Vasco              | mailto:jmas@FreeBSD.org
Dpto. de Electricidad y Electrónica     | http://www.we.lc.ehu.es/~jose
Facultad de Ciencias - Campus de Lejona | Tel.:  +34-946012479
48940 Lejona (Vizcaya) - SPAIN          | Fax:   +34-946013071
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