TRENDnet USB to 10/100Mbps Adapter – Cheap USB NIC

TRENDnet USB to 10/100Mbps Adapter

aka ADMtek ADM8511 USB to Fast Ethernet Converter

Amazon.Com $15 (Free Shipping*)

Update:  If you have not bought one yet, for a little more the Cisco-linksys USB300M is about $29 and runs great on x64 Windows.

This blog is about TU-ET100C H/W:C3.2  Revision C3.2

Inside this TRENDnet pastic is a ADMtek ADM8511.

TRENDnet is still in business, but no longer seems to be publishing newer drivers.

ADMtek was sold to owned by Infineon Technologies AG.  Infineon has no support for this product. 

#1 Question does it work?  Yes

Please send comments if you find any errors or more information and I’ll add it to the post.

Downloads:

32 bit x86 (Normal as of 2009)

64-bit x64

Notes:  Based on the x64 driver name and version, I would suggest looking for the NET851x drivers.  Possible the 8513 or 8515.

Specs:

Maximum Speed is 1.5 MB / Sec.  This will not be able to keep up with a 20 mbps link IE FIOS or Cable.  It is handy to have around to play with and provide ad hoc NIC.

XWAY™ ADM8511

An ideal solution for 10/100Mbps Ethernet networking systems based on USB and twisted pairs or fiber lines

The XWAY™ ADM8511/X is a 10/100Mbps Ethernet USB networking system with either twisted pair or fiber as it's underlying infrastructure. The XWAY™ ADM8511X is the environmentally friendly “green” package version.
Integrating a Fast-Ethernet PHY the XWAY™ ADM8511/X provides a 12Mbps USB and a MII interface. It can be also be linked with a fiber transceiver to form a fiber-based network. The XWAY™ ADM8511/X is an ideal solution for HomePNA systems, providing relevant interfaces to external Home PHYs for 1Mbps and 10Mbps networks.
Employing the revolutionary MFG test program for mass-production at system board level, all products using the XWAY™ ADM8511/X have a drastically reduced production time.

Feature List

• Versatile, single chip providing USB to MII/1M8 conversion
• Automatically loads vendor ID and device ID from the EEPROM
• Provides full-duplex operation in both 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet modes
• Full-Speed USB 1.0 and 1.1 compliant (Not USB 2.0)
• Supports 4 endpoints
• Supports Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up (AMD Magic Packet?, Link Change and Microsoft?Wake-up frame)

Backyard Nuclear Reactor Should Be Ready to Ship by 2013

Hyperion Power's plans to develop and sell portable nuclear reactors first came to light last year—but most people probably brushed off the idea as some sort of fantasy. Whether that is true or not, Hyperion seems to be committed to the project. A recent interview with Hyperion CEO John Deal revealed that they have every intention of shipping their first product in June of 2013.

He also revealed a few interesting tidbits about their system including the following quote about the possibility of turning their fuel into a bomb:

Our fuel is very unique. It's uranium hydride. UH3 is the chemical formula. Low-enriched, about 10 percent [uranium isotope]-235, the rest is U-238. By comparison, bomb-grade fuel is about 98 percent enriched.

On the problem of nuclear waste:

The waste that comes out of our reactor after powering 20,000 homes for 8-10 years is about the size of a football. Using coal and gas over the same time frame, the waste stream for just you, after factoring in CO2 emissions, would overflow Mile High Stadium in Denver. So our waste stream is very concentrated, and yes, we have to do something with it, but there are known ways of dealing with it. For security reasons, we're not disclosing what will happen to it, but it's not going to just sit in some bucket somewhere. Recycling was "baked in" to our reactor design from the beginning.

I can't say that any of this chatter has done much to overcome my skepticism, but word is that he actually found a buyer for that first backyard system scheduled for 2013. So we will have to wait and see if this will be the next big thing in power production. [Hyperion Power and Techrockies via Treehugger]

Grandmaster Lee, Won-*** 4/13/1907 - 2/2/2003

Jeremy M. Talbott is a regular contributor to Practical Martial Arts
and a prolific author on the Korean Martial Arts

Grandmaster Lee, Won-*** was born April 13, 1907. Since his youth, Grandmaster Lee has always had a love for the martial arts. However, due to the Japanese occupation of Korea, Lee never had the chance to study at an early age. "I had an interest in martial arts when I was a young man. However, this was during Korea's occupation by the Japanese and it was forbidden by the Japanese to teach or study any martial arts. Outside of Korea, though, I was allowed to study Chinese and Japanese martial arts." (Massar/St. Cyrien)

Grandmaster Lee started his martial arts training during his college years at the Central University law school in Japan. There he studied, what is now known as Shoto-kan Karate-do, under Great Grandmaster Gichin Funakoshi. "As a young man, I visited martial arts centers including the birthplace of Karate in Okinawa, Kung Fu centers in Henan and Shanghai China, and other places. I studied Karate with Sensei Hunagoshi, founder of Goju-ryu Karate and a Japanese national hero."(Lee)

A while after achieving his black belt from Grandmaster Funakoshi, Lee decided to return to his home of Korea so that he could show his people the beauty of the martial arts. "I practiced Tang Soo Do and came to realize this type of skill was very important to have. I became aware that our Korean national history and legacy of martial arts were being kept from us. I felt very bad about this."(Lee) Upon his return in 1944, Lee applied to the occupation government to be allowed to teach martial arts in Korea. He was turned down the first two times, but upon the third time, he was approved with the help of the Japanese Governor General Abe. It was a dark time for Lee as he was truly remorseful for having a relationship with such a sponsor. Though it may not have been the way Grand Master Lee would have liked it, he taught the art of Tang Soo Do for the first time in Korea at the Yung Shin School Gymnasium in Sa De Mun, Ok Chun Dong district in Seoul.

"In the early days, Chung Do consisted of ten hand and eight kicking techniques all aim at the vital points of the body. The hand techniques were punch, spear-hand, palm, knife-hand, inner ridge-hand (between thumb and forefinger), twin fingers, single finger, back fist and tiger fist. The kicking techniques consisted of front, side, round and back kick and these were aimed at various levels of the body." (Massar/St.Cyrien) The name Chung Do means 'Blue Wave'. Grand Master Lee arrived at this name while sitting at a beach one day and watching the waves come in. He set in his mind that the waves were strong and unstoppable and that is how he wanted his martial art to be known.

It wasn't too long before the popularity of Chung Do Kwan gained national attention. Though some may have considered this an advantage, this became a nightmare for Lee. Korea's first President, Syngman Rhee, requested that all Chung do Kwan members apply for membership in the Korean Republican Party. In exchange, Grand Master Lee was offered the post of Minister of Internal Affairs. Due to his suspicion of the government's motive in recruiting all the members, Grand Master Lee declined. "As soon as the offer was rejected, I was arrested and accused by the government of being the leader of a group of assassins. My wife and family, my students Duk Seong Son, Yung Taek Chong and several others were beaten tortured, and lynched by the government." (Lee) Due to this and the Korean Conflict, Grand Master Lee fled to Japan. Many of his students moved on to form their own Kwans of martial arts.

In 1976, Grand Master Lee, along with his wife emigrated to the U.S. at the invitation of General William Westmoreland, who commanded the United States troops in Vietnam. The General was a student of Lee's in the 1960's when Lee served for a time as Tae Kwon Do instructor to the U.S. military. To this day he lives as a retiree with his wife, Young Do Lee. He still enjoys calligraphy, acupuncture, hunting and the Asian board game, Pa Duk, as well as maintaining hi life-long interest in Taekwondo. Lee feels his greatest contribution was reawakening national pride in many Koreans who had become alienated from their traditional culture. "During the Japanese occupation, many Koreans identified with the Japanese while others embraced Communist philosophy. We helped to keep Taekwondo alive during the occupation by training in secret. I hope that I may continue to serve Taekwondo by speaking at functions and seminars." (Lee)

Sources and Recommended Reading

• Lee, Kang-Seok. Grandmaster Won *** Lee Founder of Chung Do Kwan. Tae Kwon Do Times, March 1997

   

• Master Frank Massar and Master Adrian St. Cyrien. Lee Taekwondo. TKD & Korean Martial Arts, April 1999
• www.taekwondo.net

Seoul Shinmoon (a Seoul newspaper) statement by Duk Sung Son, 16 June 1959

With morality and humbleness, the Taekwondo Chung Do Kwan is determined to punish those traitors who threw away their trust to the other numerous Kwans. Especially after Lee Won *** left Korea, the traitors deceptively contacted these other Kwans, used the dojang under their own names to slanderously spread their own names. We can no longer watch these violations and wish to make clear to the nation so the Chung Do Kwan is not misunderstood. Therefore, we lay bare their criminal acts.

A Brief History of the Chung Do Kwan

Lee Won *** returned from Japan to open his dojang in Yong Chun, Suh Dae Moon Ku in 1944 and produced disciplines (Sado). Following the liberation of Korea, Lee moved his dojang to the Si Chun Church Hall, Kyun Ji Dong and continued to teach. When the Korean War broke out, the members were separated and became refugees, but I gathered some members and continued to teach. When the Allied Forces retreated on January 1, 1951, Lee Won *** said he was old and no longer able to teach, so he wanted me to be the next Kwan Jang. I became his successor.

After I returned to the capital city of Seoul, I found Hyun Jong Myun leading the school, but he insisted that I take over the school, perhaps because he thought he couldn't handle or take the responsibility. My juniors also insisted that I take over. Finally, when Jung Yong Taek, who ran away to Japan, brought a message that nominated me to the Kwan Jang position by Lee Won ***, I agreed to be the next Kwan Jang. Because I did not charge the black belts and policemen the 300 hwan fee, I started to have financial problems. At the time, I could not even pay the Sabums. Despite the net loss from operating the Chung Do Kwan, I continued to organize ceremonies and tournaments, and spread the Chung Do Kwan and Taekwondo in published news articles.

After several months, I came back to Seoul and found out Lee Won *** and his family all ran away to Japan. I thought they were living in Pusan. Jung Yong Taek also ran away to Japan, but came back several times during the year. However he did not know what Lee Won *** and his family's situation or business was. Lee Won ***'s sister in law, Moon Myung Ja, also frequently flew back and forth between Korean and Japan. I don't know why she visited Korea so often. Jung Yong Taek and Moon Myung Ja were jealous of the Chung Do Kwan's growth and devised a plan to split the Chung Do Kwan. At last, they formed an illicit connection with discontented members of the Chung Do Kwan and returned to Korea. They obtained not a nomination certificate (Im Myung Jung), but a notice statement (Ji Ryung Jung) signed by Lee Won ***. On June 4, 1959, the notice statement was given to Uhm Woon Kyu.

The Korean traitors who ran away to Japan were a matter of regret for me. They don't know that they will be punished at last. Nam Tae Hi asked me to give a dan certificate to 29th Infantry Division commander Choi Hong Hi, who had some experience in martial art (Sado), so we could use his military authority to spread the Chung Do Kwan. To contribute to Taekwondo's development, I gave an Honorary 4th Dan certificate signed by myself, Son Duk Sung, to Choi Hong Hi in front of the 3rd Army commander in 1955.

In 1957, Choi insisted that I give him a 6th Dan and sent a certificate he prepared in my name for me to sign. Because Choi and I were sworn brothers, and because my younger brother had a 6th Dan, he wanted one also. I tore up the certificate he sent to me without signing it. General Choi was also sending instructors (Sabums) to Vietnam, but he did that on his own authority and chose the number of instructors to send without consulting me. He also lied and stated that he had 24 years experience in martial arts practice (Sa Do Soo Ryun) and spread propaganda about himself. Therefore, it was unavoidable that I had to cancel his Honorary 4th Dan certificate and Honorary Kwan Jang position.

The nomination of Sabums

After I received the position of 2nd Kwan Jang of the Chung Do Kwan, I nominated Min Wook Sik, Hyun Jong Myun, and Uhm Woon Kyu as Sabums. Later, I nominated Nam Tae Hi as a Sabum and Uhm Woon Kyu as a Standing or Permanent Sabum (Sang Im Sabum). However Hyun Jong Myun, Uhm Woon Kyu and Nam Tae Hi acted as if they were at war against me and frequently contacted with people who ran away to Japan. Who can nominate a Kwan Jang in a private dojang except the legal person with the authority? I myself am willing to give up my position as the Kwan Jang, if I see a promising and capable person who can be the next successor, but I am still looking for that person. There is no excuse for the actions of Uhm Woon Kyu, when he was sent by me to teach Taekwondo at the Korea Military Academy, Sung Kyun Kwan University and Seoul National University. He should have known better as an educated person. But I feel very sorry for those who received just a notice statement (Ji Ryung Jung) and not a nomination certificate (Im Myung Jung) from him. If he thought about all the other Taekwondo schools and the Chung Do Kwan's future, he would not do such a betrayal. I want the wise citizens of Korea to judge this matter. When I found out about these matters, I expelled them from the membership on behalf of my name. All the more, the Chung Do Kwan will unite ever more and practice rigorously for tournaments in the future, so please do not be disturbed by this whole action.

1. Expelled members: Hyun Jong Myun - Uhm Woon Kyu - Nam Tae Hi
2. Cancellation of Honorary 4th Dan certificate and Honorary Kwan Jang position: Choi Hong Hi

June 15, 1959
Kwan Jang Son Duk Sung

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