From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Sep 26 04:00:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA28466 for mobile-outgoing; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 04:00:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (word.smith.net.au [202.0.75.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA28442 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 04:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.smith.net.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA01182; Fri, 26 Sep 1997 20:27:36 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199709261057.UAA01182@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Andrew Gordon cc: Mike Smith , mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacement dongle for 3C589? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 26 Sep 1997 11:16:47 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 20:27:34 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > > Hmm, I hadn't realised that there was a difference; oops. I'm actually > > in need of one for a D. Begging the question "what are the differences > > between the two"? > > Different shape connector at the card end. Bugger. That prettymuch kills any hopes I had of converting yours to suit. 8( > Since only ordered the RJ45 type, I can't tell you for sure; however, > I note that the cards are only sold as RJ45-only or combo, and > the difference in price is about the same as the difference between > the RJ45 cable and the "BNC" cable, therefore I deduce that the > "BNC" cable is in fact the combo adaptor! (never trust a catalogue). Heh. The suppliers I called had comparable difficulty making sense out of their listings; it was somewhat of a shemozzle to say the least. Anyway, as previously mentioned, the cost of getting something usable around here is just ludicrous, so I'll shelve the D as a spare and go buy an NE2000 clone. mike