From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Jul 26 22:30:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from picalon.gun.de (picalon.gun.de [192.109.159.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A92D137B91A for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:30:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andreas@klemm.gtn.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by picalon.gun.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA08639 for freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 07:30:23 +0200 (MET DST) >Received: (from andreas@localhost) by klemm.gtn.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA23209 for freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 27 Jul 2000 07:28:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from andreas) Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 07:28:32 +0200 From: Andreas Klemm To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: andreas@klemm.gtn.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, andreas.klemm.ak@bayer-ag.de Subject: 4.1: Tosh. Satell. Pro 4300, Xircom R2E-100BTX + R2M56GA Message-ID: <20000727072832.A21968@titan.klemm.gtn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.1-RC SMP X-Disclaimer: A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi ! http://www.toshiba.de/computer/produkte/notebooks/satellitepro4300/produkt.htm 700 Mhz PIII 196 MB RAM 12 GB Harddisk 14" TFT I want to use FreeBSD 4.1 on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 and am looking for the *best supported* PCMCIA network card for FreeBSD 4.1 and additionally some questions about the builtin winmodem and sound. 1) I'd like to use the new Xircom cards Xircom REM56G-100 under FreeBSD 4.1 which have the full size TP connectors "on board". What driver do I need in FreeBSD 4.1 ? Does it support 10/100 Mbit full and half-duplex ? Whats the quality of the driver ? On my old Laptop I run FreeBSD 3.x and there I had the problem, that full-duplex isn't supported. I need the laptop for network business, so I need a fast and reliable card/driver combination (for doing monitoring and such ... 2) What about the *brand new* Xircom cards R2E-100BTX and R2M56GA (16-Bit version) Is it only the form-factor, or have these cards other advantages ? Are they supported under 4.1 ? What driver would I need in FreeBSD 4.1 ? Does it support 10/100 Mbit full and half-duplex ? 3) Concerning Toshiba hardware: Is the builtin Winmodem supported by FreeBSD 4.1 ? Is the builtin soundchip supported by FreeBSD 4.1 ? The soundchip claims to be compatible to Soundblaster Pro: "Toshiba Bass Enhanced Sound System, 16-bit Stereo Sound Blaster Pro-kompatibel, 3D-Wide Modus, MIDI und Wavetable Synthese" 4) I noticed, that some notebooks have a NIC on-board that use our fxp network driver. Is that Intel CHIP available on PCMCIA card ? That would perhaps be a good alternative.... 5) What other notebook would you perhaps recommend instead. It should have CD-ROM and Floppy built in, same amount of RAM and diskspace and 14" TFT display as mentioned above. I need it for about 4 years. So good quality needed, but please not more expensive than the Toshiba Tecra (no Tecra, no Protege) Many thanks for answering the questions. Andreas /// -- Andreas Klemm http://people.FreeBSD.ORG/~andreas http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html powered by Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD New APSFILTER 542 and songs from our band - http://people.freebsd.org/~andreas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message