>>The 3com 589D 10bt $8 from www.computer-show.com. >Hope, > >I just bought this and can report service and shipping was fine. The >link is: > ><http://www.computer-show.com/Modern/ >itemdesc.asp?CartId=1239067WTFWE25&ic=NET008&tpc=> > >However, as I posted last week, it ships with a dongle that doesn't work >with the card. What happens is the link light never comes on, and the >3400 never sees the network.
I just ordered 4 of the $8 cards after having got probably 7 of these same cards at their old $14 price over the last year. The dongles they came with all work with the cards. I had used one and just checked all of them after your post. (I think) They screwed up your order. My understanding is that the cards are used; they get new dongles and ship them out. The boxes I have are labelled 3c-pc-tp-cbl and the cable itself is a 974302-1 according to the little silver tag. This cable works just fine with either a "real" 3COM 589D or a Dell branded, relabelled 589D (which is what the 4 cards I got recently are, Dell-labelled 3COMs). Most earlier shipements were 3COM-branded. Same card, different sticker, just like the Farallon "Mac" version. I am not using the drivers from the floodgap.com site; I install the full Farallon driver installation, then add one extension that is just the Farallon extension modified to accept "3COM" as the card ID string. Works fine with both my real Farallon card (with its monster dongle) and these 3COM 359D's. A guy on another list made the mod and sent these to me. Barring screwups the $8 card should/will actually work just fine by itself (if you don't count the patched driver as something extra). Did you phone the guys? They've been pleasant in the past when I called. Compare the part numbers I mention above and if they don't match what you got, ask for the right part. Testing the other 3 cards has made me late this AM! :) But I was going to wonder about them all day otherwise.... HTH. Brian -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
