Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 10:04:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Stanley.Hopcroft@aipo.gov.au Cc: kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE, freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Re[2]: pccard - handbook - faq ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112095954.21556A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <4A256587.0039B5F4.00@notes.aipo.gov.au>
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On Fri, 9 Jan 1998 Stanley.Hopcroft@aipo.gov.au wrote: > I am using a D-Link 650 in a Toshiba CT720 with the PAO patches for > 2.2.5-RELEASE, and am pleased with the result. > > The D-Link card is configured and probed after the kernel unsuccessfully > probes for an ed device - you need device ed in kernel and the standard PAO > database (? I'm unsure of the name) supplies the PC Card parameters. Cool :-) > The only problem with the D-Link is that the card is delivered with a UTP > and BNC adapter and this bulky fitting connects to the card by a tiny > "Honda" connector (like a micro SCSI fitting). I would prefer a fitting > that takes up the whole edge of the card like the new IBMs - if they work. The 3Com's have the same connector type. They're very popular since they're small and I assume cheap. They are purposefully built fragile so if you strain the connection, you break the cable instead of the card iself. The cables run about $20, the card several times that. I think you'll prefer to replace the cable. :-) We have an Accton ether/modem combo (the Xircom's have the same connector BTW) that has the huge connector, but it's a bear to get on/off and if I strained it it'd probably break the card into little pieces. We get broken connectors for the 3c589D's all the time at ResNet; we finally bought a few spares to give to the students while we send the rest back for (free) replacements. Lifetime warranties are cool. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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