From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Sep 19 00:14:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA20319 for mobile-outgoing; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:14:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from itojun.csl.sony.co.jp (root@itojun.csl.sony.co.jp [133.138.1.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA20313 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:14:16 -0700 (PDT) From: itojun@itojun.org Received: from localhost (itojun@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by itojun.csl.sony.co.jp (8.8.5/3.3W3) with ESMTP id QAA15476; Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:04:46 +0900 (JST) To: Mike Smith Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Selecting media on LinkSys combo card X-Template-Reply-To: itojun@itojun.org X-Template-Return-Receipt-To: itojun@itojun.org X-PGP-Fingerprint: F8 24 B4 2C 8C 98 57 FD 90 5F B4 60 79 54 16 E2 References: <199709190619.PAA00898@word.smith.net.au> In-reply-to: Mike Smith 's message of Fri, 19 Sep 1997 15:49:04 +0930. <199709190619.PAA00898@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: comp (MHng project) version 1997/08/04 03:38:46, by Jun-ichiro Itoh MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 16:04:36 +0900 Message-ID: <15473.874652676@itojun.csl.sony.co.jp> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >For what it's worth, have the same problem with the 3Com 589D I have. >It is *just* possible to squeeze the two in if the modem is below and >the ether plug above. >IMHO, the stupid X-jack connector is at fault here. The only way to >sensibly make such a thing work would be for it to swing out away from >any likely colocated cards. >And imagine trying to use two of them at once. Do you know if it's >possible to obtain a cable to fit the plug on the Megahertz card? MegaHertz support may say "You should get MegaHertz XJ10BT ethernet card". It has XJack RJ45 connector, and it is on the opposite side of the edge than the XJack RJ11 connector on modem. I like this card. itojun