> What is the difference between the DE-660 and the DE-660CT, anyway?
It's the same thing. DE-660 is the card itself. All the different models
have DE-660 written on them, but depending on their connecting hardware they
are either a DE-660CT, DE-660T, DE-660LT, DE-660AUI. The difference between
all these models seems to be the dongle part of the card only (they call it
a "media coupler", but we all know it's a dongle... :) The CT has BNC and
RJ-45 connectors.
> Normally, my MP2100 has a draw of about 60-65uA according to
> Avi's Backdrop
> (I'm not entirely certain of the unit measurement). This spikes up to
> about 110uA with my 3C589D live. The DE-660 is a little higher than that,
> to my recollection. Mine is not handy, so I cannot check it, sorry.
Wow. That's really good. I checked the DE-660-CT and here is what I get with
batmon:
~ 60 (uA?) without Ethernet card, idle
~ 85 (uA?) without Ethernet card, Newton doing something (opening "notes")
~ 60 (uA?) with the Ethernet card in sleep mode (this card is very good at
power saving)
~ 380 (uA) when sending email with simplemail through Ethernet card
I'm very surprised at your numbers. Are you sure that the card is actually
receiving or transmitting while drawing only 110 uA? It seems very low to
me.
> One thing in favor of the 3Com card: you can get 6' dongles for it. These
> have a Honda plug on one end and an RJ45 plug on the other, and
Well, I see this as an inconvenience rather than being in favor of the card,
but the D-Link 660-CT also comes with a 6" dongle with BNC and RJ45 plugs.
Who uses coaxial Ethernet nowadays anyway?
Laurent Chardon
SYTEK Canada
mailto:laurent@sytek.on.ca
http://www.sytek.on.ca
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