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3com 3c590 10BaseT [Vortex]
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100% of reviewers $5.00 10.0



Description: This card uses the 3c59x module.

There are two version of this card (3c590-COMBO and 3c590-TPO) in the EtherLink III Family of 10Mbps PCI adapters. Both adapters are identical, they differ only on the type of external connections.

External Connections:

1 - 10BaseT (RJ-45/Twisted Pair); both COMBO and TPO.
1 - 10Base2 (BNC/Thin Coax); COMBO only.
1 - 10Base5 (AUI/Thick Coax); COMBO only.

Internal Connetions:

1 - 32 bit PCI 2.1 (Bus master expansion slot only)
1 - Boot PROM socket, accepts 8k, 16k, 32k, and 64k ROMs.

Network Interface:

3C590-TPO - Ethernet IEEE802.3i 10BASE-T industry standard for a 10 Mbps baseband CSMA/CD local area network.

3C590-COMBO - Ethernet IEEE802.3i 10BASE-T and Ethernet IEEE802.3 industry standard for a 10 Mbps baseband CSMA/CD local area network.

Physical Dimensions:

Length: 173.228 mm (6.82 inches)
Height: 99.695 mm (3.925 inches)

Environmental Operating Range:

Temperature: 0 to 70 C (32 to 158 F)
Humidity: 10 to 90% noncondensing

Power Requirements:

Voltage: 5V /- 12V
3C590-COMBO: 12V @ 400 mA and 5V @ 250 mA
3C590-TPO: 250 mA @ 5V


mii-tool -v

eth1: 10 Mbit, half duplex, link ok
product info: vendor 00:00:3f, model 63 rev 15
basic mode: 10 Mbit, half duplex
basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
capabilities: 100baseT4 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
advertising:
link partner: 100baseT4 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control

/sbin/lspci -vv

00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c590 10BaseT [Vortex]
Control: I/O Mem BusMaster SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
Keywords: 3com 3c590 10BaseT Vortex
/sbin/lspci output: 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c590 10BaseT [Vortex]
Chipset: 3c590
Connection Type: PCI, RJ-45, BNC, AUI, 10BaseT, 10Base2, 10Base5


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Old 03-14-2004, 10:14 AM   #1
danieldk
 
Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 150

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $5.00 | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.4.24
Distribution: Slackware Linux 9.1



Second hand 3Com 59x cards are fairly cheap these days. They have been supported by the Linux kernel for a long time and de compatibility is excellent.
 




  



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