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From: Chris <mythtech_at_Mac.com>
Date: Sun Dec 30 21:59:20 2001

>I've heard of those too, and was thinking about getting one for some of the
>older macs I had, before I decided to get rid of 'em. IIRC they weren't the
>most elegant of things, and drivers were a problem.

I've used the Asante ones without a hitch for years. No driver problems
at all. You just need the Asante driver (last I knew, it was still
available on their web site, just burried).

The driver hasn't given me any problems up thru OS 7.6.1. I don't know
about OS 8+, but any Macs that can use OS 8 have an alternate means in
which ethernet can be added.

I have used the "Mini" which is the one that needs SCSI Bus power (and so
can't work with a Mac Plus), and I have used the "Micro" which is the one
that has the HDI-30 connector and is designed for powerbooks. The only
problem I have ever had with these is when I dropped one off a desk, it
stopped working. Other than that, there was a minor config problem in
using one with IPNetRouter, but that was a known issue with IPNR, and
IIRC, was actually a problem with IPNR and not with the Asante Driver
(they work fine with IPNR, it just needs to be on the local network side,
and not the internet side of a dual ethernet firewall/nat setup).

I am hoping to lay my hands on a "desktop" version shortly, so I can use
one with my Mac Plus (the "desktop" version has an external powersupply
and doesn't need the scsi bus power to run the device).

-chris

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Received on Sun Dec 30 2001 - 21:59:20 GMT

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