Re: [NTLK] 3Com589D- power consumption

From: Kolbjørn Barmen (kolla_at_nvg.ntnu.no)
Date: Thu Jun 21 2001 - 15:40:07 PDT

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On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Brian McEwen wrote:

>
>
> There were a couple posts about the cheap 3Com cards and power
> consumption; for the first time I've had my 2100 on battery and ethernet
> all afternoon, and it seems a good estimate of power consumption would be
> 2 or 3% drop, every 15 or 20 min of connect time.
>
> Not bad! Much better than I expected.

That posting was probably me :)
I have a 3com Megahertz 589EC, and it eats power like mad, but now I've also
tried a 589D and it is indeed much better, same for the SMC ne2k card I've
got working now, thanks to Paul.

-- kolla

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