 Good Buy For Cf Based Ethernet?, This is an eBay auction (not mine) |
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 Dec 25 2005, 07:41 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/CF-LAN-ETHERNET-COMPAC...1QQcmdZViewItem
What do you all think? It's chock full of specs! Compatible out of the box with the C series or Cacko? Is it a good buy? Any other possibilities? Thanks! Scott |
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Dec 26 2005, 07:51 AM
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The pictures didn't load when I looked at the ebay page and the text of the ad does not say which brand/model is it. Generally ethernet cards work except for power issues. Socket, for instance, makes a 10/100 card and a low power one. The former doesn't work because the Zaurus can't provide enough power to it, while latter works fine. Don't know anything about the seller and I guess the price is OK. But I would try to find out which brand and model it is before buying.
Felipe |
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Dec 26 2005, 07:58 PM
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I have no idea what the brand name is. I was able to grab the photo from the page and attach it to this post. I will ask the seller for more specifics.
Thanks! Scott
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Dec 28 2005, 09:35 PM
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I fired off an email to the seller of this card and got this information about the card:
--- BILLIONTON is the brand name. Power consumption is 42mA/3.3V. The CFLT uses the Tamarack chipset, but I don't know what the power requirements are or if it will work on a Zaurus. If the Zaurus has a standard CF or PCMCIA slot and supports a NE2000 driver then it will work fine. --- So can anyone tell me if this card will work in a C series machine? Thanks! Scott |
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Dec 29 2005, 01:25 AM
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Hi Scott,
it looks like the old version of the Billionton "CFLT2-10B", better known as the famous BIL-10BT in our manual. The 10BT cards are working fine with all Zauris. There're only problems with the 10/100 MBit type. These won't work. You may find this card also on our site : Billionton Lan/Modem cards ///TRIsoft Marc Stephan |
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Dec 29 2005, 07:56 AM
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I have a Hawking 10/100 card and it works great. I haven't noticed any unusual power problems with it. I bought it off of MicroCenter's return table and I think I paid ~$30. Froogle shows some for ~$39.
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Dec 30 2005, 12:51 PM
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QUOTE(raybert @ Dec 29 2005, 10:56 AM) I have a Hawking 10/100 card and it works great. I haven't noticed any unusual power problems with it. I bought it off of MicroCenter's return table and I think I paid ~$30. Froogle shows some for ~$39. ~ray  Or you could use a USB to Ethernet adapter for an even lower price ( and leaving the CF slot for other uses) |
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Jan 2 2006, 09:54 AM
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Well, admittedly, I wouldn't mind keeping my CF slot free for storage. What sort of adapter works for this? Do they come with the appropriate cabling as well?
Scott Strungis |
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