Combo card USB2/FW/10/100Baset |
September, 29, 2003 12:18 PM |
mjoecups358 |
Saw this at Xlr8yourmac today... Could be a major win for 3 slot macs. Or full six slotters :~) SIIG Firewire + USB 2.0 + Ethernet Adapter PCI Card: (added 9/29/2003) " Mike, I have a 733Mhz Quicksilver that I've updated with OS 10.2.8. When I read on your site that 10.2.8 was suppose to support USB 2 (for certain chipsets - but not the UHCI like the VIA chip - see reader comments in the Sept. 11th, 2003 news page- Mike), I decided to go out and buy a card and try it. I bought a SIIG USB 2.0 + Firewire + 10/100 Combo Adapter at CompUSA (model number JU-2NE012). CompUSA has the card on sale for $39.95 (after a $40 instant rebate). I installed the card, rebooted and checked System Profiler. The card showed up. I then timed a scan with my Epson 2400 using USB 1.1. I then switched the scanner to the new SIIG card and the scanner showed up in System Profiler. I did another scan which was considerably faster (10 seconds vs. about 60 seconds). So I ascertain I have a USB connection to my scanner. Now for the acid test. I selected sleep and the computer went into deep sleep. On top of that, the scanner also went into sleep (which it never did before). (I assume they came out of deep sleep OK) Now on to Firewire. I hooked up two Firewire drives (one externally cased hard drive and one externally cased DVD drive). Both showed up in System Profiler, both mounted. Both would unmount, but as long as the drives were turned on, the computer would not go into deep sleep (just "screen off", fans still running, sleep). Lastly I thought I'd try the ethernet connection. I removed the cable from the built-in port and plugged it into the card. The lights flashed on the card, but I couldn't setup an internet connection through the Network Preferences (couldn't get in IP from my router, using DHCP). I didn't count on this working, but, I decided to look at the docs that came on the driver CD (all PC stuff). The readme on the disk for the networking portion said the chipset was a Realtek chipset. So, I fired up my browser and went to the Realtek webpage. I was able to find a Mac OS 10.2 version of the Realtek chipset (RTL 8139)! I about fainted. I downloaded the driver, decompression it, loaded it, restarted the Mac, reconnected the ethernet cable to the SIIG card, checked the Network Preferences and I had an IP address!! Fired Safari backup and was online! So I'm a happy camper. Didn't really need the extra Firewire port, but will use it knowing that I need to turn off anything connected to it before I sleep the computer. You've got a great site. Keep up the good work! Mark D. Georges, Manager Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) |
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RE: Combo card USB2/FW/10/100Baset |
September, 29, 2003 1:00 PM |
sneitzel |
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Have you tried any functionality in OS9? I know the USB2 would be a no go but should work as 1.1 and I'm really interested in whether the ethernet port will work. Realtek does list a driver for OS 8.5 - 9.1 for that chipset but who knows I have an old Performa 6400 that only has 2 PCI slots and if this card will work under OS9 it could be a very valueable addition and would be worth checking out. Would you be willing to test the card in OS9 and post your findings? Scott |
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