{"id":3258,"date":"2025-10-08T13:49:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.onegeekarmy.eu\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3258"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:13:09","slug":"comm-slot-ii-10-100-ethernet-card","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/shop.onegeekarmy.eu\/index.php\/product\/comm-slot-ii-10-100-ethernet-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Comm Slot II 10\/100 Ethernet Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a Comm Slot II Ethernet Card, reverse engineered from an RTL8139 PCI card and converted into the CS II form factor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driver\u00a0<\/strong><b>Installation<\/b><br \/>\nDrivers are available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/macintoshgarden.org\/apps\/farallon-legacy-drivers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/macintoshgarden.org\/apps\/farallon-legacy-drivers<\/a><br \/>\n* Download the \u201cCD6_NetLINE_PN993_Install.toast\u201d file listed there, put it on a BlueSCSI, and it\u2019ll appear as a CD which can directly install the software.<br \/>\n* Alternately, download \u201cProxim_Farallon_Page.zip\u201d from the above Macintosh Garden page, unzip it, then extract the \u201c993v14.sit.hqx\u201d file and install from there.<br \/>\n** Notably, the Windows installs on this Proxim Farallon Page download are reporting as being potentially infected with a trojan virus, so be careful<\/p>\n<p><strong>Setup<\/strong><br \/>\n* Install the CS II card, taking care not to break the included printed tang (it hooks into the opening first, then install into the CS II slot)<br \/>\n** The mounting tang is printed with conductive plastic<br \/>\n* Install the driver<br \/>\n* Reboot<br \/>\n* Set up the TCP\/IP control panel to use Ethernet<br \/>\n* You may need to run the \u201cFarallon Fast EN Config\u201d utility (present in the installer image) to ensure the card gets a connection<br \/>\n* You may also need to run the \u201cFarallon Ping\u201d utility to make the card pick up your TCP\/IP settings<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compatibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Macintosh Performa 5400, 5410, 5420, 5430, 5440<\/li>\n<li>Macintosh Performa 6360<\/li>\n<li>Macintosh Performa 6400, 6410, 6420<\/li>\n<li>Power Macintosh 4400<\/li>\n<li>Power Macintosh 5400<\/li>\n<li>Power Macintosh 5500<\/li>\n<li>Power Macintosh 6300\/160<\/li>\n<li>Power Macintosh 6400<\/li>\n<li>Power Macintosh 6500<\/li>\n<li>Power Macintosh 7220<\/li>\n<li>20th Anniversary Macintosh<\/li>\n<li>UMAX SuperMac C600 \/ Apus 3000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Shipping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We ship from Belgium to all continental European countries, and all countries of the European Union. In nearly all cases, your order will be mailed as a letter, free of custom fees.<\/p>\n<p>More details can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.onegeekarmy.eu\/index.php\/faq\/#where-do-you-ship-to-\">in the FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benchmarking<\/strong><br \/>\nBasic download benchmarking has been performed.\u00a0 Note that there are no guarantees on transfer speed \u2013 that depends on network factors which are not under my control.<br \/>\n* On Power Macintosh 7300 G3 OS 9.1 via iCab, average of ~150kB per second (variable, lows in the high 80s and highs reaching 175)<br \/>\n* On Performa 6400\/180 OS 7.6 via Netscape, average of ~100kB per second (variable, lows in the high 60s and highs reaching 120)<br \/>\n* On Performa 6400\/180 OS 9.1 via iCab,\u00a0 average of ~150kB per second (variable, lows in the high 80s and highs reaching 175)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comm Slot II Ethernet Cards using New Old Stock RTL8139 chips.\u00a0 Note that a driver installation is required.\u00a0 <strong>Please scroll down to the full description for installation instructions and driver link.<\/strong><br \/>\nTested compatible with Mac OS 7.6, 8.1, 8.6, and 9.1 on a Performa 6400\/180.<\/p>\n<p>Three different MAC (Media Access Control) addresses are offered. They are represented by coloured dots on a chip on the card.<\/p>\n<p>If you will be networking several computers \u00a0using these cards, make sure you order cards with different colour dots to avoid conflicts on your network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3263,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[67],"product_cat":[76],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3258","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_brand-tech-by-androda","7":"product_cat-networking","8":"pa_mac-address-green-dot","9":"pa_mac-address-white-dot","10":"pa_mac-address-yellow-dot","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-variable"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.onegeekarmy.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.onegeekarmy.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.onegeekarmy.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.onegeekarmy.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shop.onegeekarmy.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.onegeekarmy.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=3258"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.onegeekarmy.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3258"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shop.onegeekarmy.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}