>>Hi,
>>
>>Anyone out there know of a USB to Ethernet adapter? I have a 500c and only 2
>>PCI slots in it. One is being used by my Voodoo card and the other has the
>>Ethernet card in it. I'd like to be able to use some USB devices on the
>>computer but I don't want to sacrifice my network access. So I figured I'd
>>take the NIC out and add a working USB card, find an Ethernet adapter with a
>>USB connector and I'd be set. So far I have not come across such a beast. Are
>>there such devices out there? I'm running OS 9.1 if thats a consideration.
>
>
> I have no idea if the following will work well in a Mac. And I don't
> know if it will specifically work in the C500, because I think there
> are issues with PCI cards that have PCI-PCI Bridges on board in the C
> series (different issues from the S/J series), but SIIG makes a
> USB/Firewire/Ethernet card which supports 10/100 ethernet. The
> Ethernet chipset is the RealTek 8139 which has MacOS drivers
> available. It might be worth looking at. I've been tempted to
> pick one up and give it a try, but I know that in the S900 it's only
> going to work in the top two slots and those are already spoken for
> so many times over...
>
> You can take a look at the card on SIIG's website which is just where
> you'd expect it to be. The card doesn't mention Mac support, but as
> long as the USB and the Firewire chips meet the proper standards they
> should be supported and that just leaves the RealTek Ethernet chipset
> drivers which are available. Of course, if the drivers were really
> poorly written, they might not work on a chipset which is behind a
> P-P Bridge.
>
> Jeff Walther
Cool, thanks for your input. I will start looking into that. I have always had good luck with SIIG products on my PCs.
-John
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