From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Jul 24 22:44:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA15650 for mobile-outgoing; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 22:44:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA15642 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 22:44:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA12532 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 22:44:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id PAA20271; Fri, 25 Jul 1997 15:14:07 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707250544.PAA20271@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Difference between a 3C589C and a 3C589D In-Reply-To: <199707241739.KAA12552@myrtle.bogs.org> from Greg Shenaut at "Jul 24, 97 10:39:26 am" To: gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 15:14:07 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Greg Shenaut stands accused of saying: > > I need 4 pcmcia ethernet cards, for a couple of Toshibas (T1950ct, > t3400) and two thinkpad 365cd's, all with 2.2.2 systems. > > I understand that the 3c589's are probably the best cards to get, but > have been holding off on getting them because the only ones I've > seen for sale have been the D's, and there is an apparent problem > with them (it even says in the release notes that the driver doesn't > work with the D's). Are you saying that they do work? Why do people keep ignoring me? I get about twice the throughput that is reported for the '589's using an Accton EN2216, and (at least around here) they're a much cheaper card. You should see similar if not identical results with any other NE2000-clone PCCARD. > -Greg -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[