From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 11 00:07:56 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA25555 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 11 Dec 1996 00:07:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (root@agora.rdrop.com [199.2.210.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id AAA25543 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 1996 00:07:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by agora.rdrop.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #17) id m0vXjhj-0008wVC; Wed, 11 Dec 96 00:07 PST Message-Id: From: batie@agora.rdrop.com (Alan Batie) Subject: Re: PC CARD stuff To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 00:07:47 -0800 (PST) Cc: pst@shockwave.com In-Reply-To: <199612101408.GAA01396@freefall.freebsd.org> from "owner-hackers-digest@freefall.freebsd.org" at Dec 10, 96 06:08:07 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > From: Paul Traina > Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 00:00:01 -0800 > Subject: Re: need help with a PC CARD NE2000 clone... > > I'm thinking of going out and getting one of the 3COM 3c589 cards > and a Megahertz 3811 cellular modem, but the combo is /not/ cheap. I got the 3com 3c589 to use in a Toshiba 115cs as a cheap portable net monitor. Lo, it won't go into promiscuous mode, so it's not a very useful net monitor. It also seems to have performance problems, but I haven't characterized them, so can't say if that's real or not. When I get back, I'll be looking for a card that is more suitable. For modem, I'm using a Motorola Montana ("named after the state with no speed limits") card right now; I got the one with the cable for my Motorola cell phone just in time for my trip to IETF (you've been trying to get your net working here, and I've been trying to get the modem working, with about the same luck :-) ). I'm using it under Windoze so I can get my mail, but via land line, as I don't want to experiment with the cellular link at $1/min roaming charges... pccard seems to want to put it at 2e8, and I only have sio0/1 configured in, so my next attempt will be to build the kernel with sio0-3 and see if that helps. Also, I notice that it's truncating the card identifier (damn, no !grep /etc/pccard here!, so no example till I get back home), though ktrace shows it's getting the whole thing. BTW, I'll probably be in rtfm and rps tomorrow; then I head back to Portland... perhaps we'll run into each other? -- Alan Batie ______ batie@agora.rdrop.com \ / Assimilate this! +1 503 452-0960 \ / --Worf, First Contact DE 3C 29 17 C0 49 7A 27 \/ 40 A5 3C 37 4A DA 52 B9 It is my policy to avoid purchase of any products from companies which use unrequested email advertisements or telephone solicitation.