From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 31 17:16:46 2004 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 35B9C16A4CE for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:16:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from CRWdog.demon.co.uk (c-67-160-115-122.client.comcast.net [67.160.115.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25D4143D45 for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:16:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spadger@best.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by CRWdog.demon.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58093E1; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:16:41 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4 To: David.E.Tweten@nasa.gov In-Reply-To: Message from Dave Tweten of "Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:04:49 PST." <3576.1075500289@gilmore.nas.nasa.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:16:40 -0800 From: Andy Sparrow Message-Id: <20040201011641.58093E1@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> cc: duanewinner@att.net cc: freebsd-mobile Subject: Re: Thinkpad T30 modem (Agere AC'97) 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: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 01:16:46 -0000 > IBM sells two cardlets for its ThinkPads. The one that has only a > Losemodem on it came with my ThinkPad T23 and works with ltmdm. The other > one (which came with NASA's T23 that I use) has both an Agere Losemodem > and an 802.11b NIC. As far as I have been able to tell, there is no > support at all for the Agere, though the NIC on that cardlet works just > fine. Actually, there's at least one more. The mini-PCI card currently fitted to my HP Omnibook[0] is an Intel NIC (fxp driver) and a Lucent modem (works perfectly with 'ltmdm'). The Intel NIC offers PXEboot, downloadable microcode (in FreeBSD) and doesn't ever have the problems with high load that the original 3Com did. It was originally an IBM part (strangely, I think it was described as an "EtherJet"), bought as NOS on Ebay for $25. The connectors are standardized, doesn't even void warranty for user-replacement. Cheers, AS [0] Omnibook 6000's came with a 3Com NIC and a 3Com Losemodem. The NIC kind of sucked, but the modem wasn't ever going to work. 6100's came with an Intel/Lucent card stock, so an alternate source for this would be HP. I think some Compaqs also used the Intel/Lucent combo, but it can be tough to work it out from their parts listings.