From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Jan 26 12:16:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from opensrs.saignon.net (216-120-17-67.dsl.cust.tfb.com [216.120.17.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ABC437B402 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2002 12:16:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from saign.com (216-120-17-81.dsl.cust.tfb.com [216.120.17.81]) by opensrs.saignon.net (8.11.4/8.11.3) with ESMTP id g0QKILG42678; Sat, 26 Jan 2002 12:18:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tony@saign.com) Message-ID: <3C530E85.409@saign.com> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 12:16:05 -0800 From: Tony Saign User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i386; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011126 Netscape6/6.2.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andy Sparrow Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xl0 locks after suspension on Latitude C800 References: <20020126092735.23D873E19@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org IBM sells them seperately as options. Get the part# from their site and do a search for the cheapest vendor...(i.e. pricewatch). I found my 3Com for $140 (last year). I bought the Intel for $120 earlier this year. -Tony Andy Sparrow wrote: >>What kind of card is it? (the 3Com mini-pci (LAN/Modem))? >>If so, I've come to the conclusion that card is a POS. >> >>Went thru 3 different ones in 1 year, all 3 gave me problems. >>Not operating system specific either; FreeBSD, W2K, WinXP, or Win98. >>All gave the same symptom, POS card just stops working! >> > >Hmm. Mine's been working for over a year. Might just be luck, of course... ;-) > >>I finally got fed up and switched to the Intel mini-pci card, and have >>had no issues since. >> > >Having said that, I would definately prefer the Intel mini-pci card - I much prefer the Intel NIC, and the 3Com modem won't ever work (whereas some other types can be ade to work). > >How/where can you obtain mini-pci cards separately? I've never seen any offered for sale by any vendor? > >Cheers, > >AS > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message