[etherlab-users] Adapter card to run master on a laptop?

Erwin Burgstaller ethercat.berknapp at spamgourmet.com
Mon Apr 19 09:11:06 CEST 2010


* Fri, Apr 16, 2010 - 08:54:07 -0700, Aaron Edsinger - edsinger at mekabot.com:
> Hello. Can anyone recommend an Express adapter card with one of the
> supported EtherLab EtherCat master chipsets? We'd like to run our
> system off a laptop. Thanks.
> --Aaron

Any Card with an e1000 or e1000e chipset on should run. I have a
"D-Link DFE/690TXD" successfully running, which has the "RTL 8139"
chipset.

But I think there are no cards with that chipset on the market anymore,
so you'll have to look for one with the intel e1000(e).

-- 
Erwin



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