Re: [NTLK] Ethernet card and battery life

From: Jeffrey M. Swiger (n8noe_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu May 09 2002 - 01:25:58 EDT


Do any of the cards you talk about work
with the Airport Base?...

On Thursday, May 9, 2002, at 01:24 AM, Peter Cameron wrote:

>
> on 5/9/02 12:18 AM, Ed Kummel at tech_ed_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> I wonder if there is a similar list for ethernet cards?
> To add to the list (power consumption measured with Avi's):
> Farallon EtherWave:
> Standby - almost nothing.
> In use - draws about 65 mA.
>
> D-Link DE-660+
> Standby - almost nothing.
> In use - draws about 80 mA.
>
> I would expect the 3Com Etherlink III to be about the same as the
> Farallon since they are the same card (3Com made both) with the Farallon
> having a slightly different ROM.
>
> I haven't run across any ethernet cards that come close to the
> Newton's
> limit to supply power, but some modems (3Com/USR 28.8 and 33.6 models in
> particular) can draw a lot of power.
> An MP2100 (mine anyway) seems to pull about 50-60 mA rising to
> 80-90 mA
> with the backlight on. I think the PCMCIA slot's limit is somewhere
> around
> 300 mA. So, if Avi's or Battery Counter show total power usage over 400
> mA
> then you're probably into territory where the unexpected can happen.
>
> Peter
>
>
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