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3com 3c590 10BaseT [Vortex]
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Date of last review
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1
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03-14-2004
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Recommended By
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Average Price
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Average Rating
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100% of reviewers
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$5.00
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10.0
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Description:
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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-
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Keywords:
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3com 3c590 10BaseT Vortex
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/sbin/lspci output:
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00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c590 10BaseT [Vortex]
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Chipset:
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3c590
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Connection Type:
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PCI, RJ-45, BNC, AUI, 10BaseT, 10Base2, 10Base5
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03-14-2004, 10:14 AM
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#1
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Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 150
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $5.00 | Rating: 10
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Kernel (uname -r):
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2.4.24
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Distribution:
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Slackware Linux 9.1
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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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