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by dprojans

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I'm looking for a replacement dongle for a 3Com 3CXEM556B Lan & 56K Modem PC Card. The card still works, but the dongle got damaged last week. It needs what 3Com calls a "XJACK Connector." I haven't had any luck finding the dongle for sale as a stand alone item. Or available anywhere for that matter. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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by alpha-male

I think the X-Jack is the modem connector on this one and the dongle is for the ethernet. That said, I would look on Ebay...

http://search-desc.ebay.com/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&query=3CXEM556B+dongle&ht=1&ebaytag1=ebayreg&CATEGORY0=160&SRCHDESC=y&SortProperty=MetaEndSort

(delete any spaces in that monster URL). Looks like there are replacements out there for $6-$10

3Com themselves may have replacements too, but you'll end up paying more.

Good Luck!

by dprojans

Thanx for the advice...I never thought of eBay for the dongle. Evidently 3Com doesn't make them anymore (if you've ever used one of these old cards you would know why...the dongles tend to break, and thus are worthless). I did see a couple available.

by drb63

I don't believe you're going to find a replacement "XJACK" for the PCMCIA card. The XJACK connector is an RJ11 connector that slides out of the PCMCIA card when pressed.

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