Customized computer?

[David75]

I'm about to change my late 2008 laptop for an Ativ 9+ from Samsung.
The only fear I have is with the ethernet adapter.
There are no precise description of what it is exactly.
My guess is that it's some kind of external network card. From what somebody told me, there are 11 pins. I know mhd is 11 pins too, but maybe it's different. After all that detail only tells me this is not a passive adapter and only increases doubt.

Why is that important?
Well, I need a laptop to program some automatons. Said machines use protocols like tftp, netbios and other ways of communications all included in the standard network protocols. Thing is, since these protocols are seldomly used, I always fear some smart guys at Samsung decides to slash those protocols because he can save 10s of work and 1ct every 100 dongle...
Maybe I should try to create an account at newegg and post my question there.

But I might be lucky and have some help here

Thanks

[Buffalobiian]

I'm about to change my late 2008 laptop for an Ativ 9+ from Samsung.
The only fear I have is with the ethernet adapter.
There are no precise description of what it is exactly.
My guess is that it's some kind of external network card. From what somebody told me, there are 11 pins. I know mhd is 11 pins too, but maybe it's different. After all that detail only tells me this is not a passive adapter and only increases doubt.

Why is that important?
Well, I need a laptop to program some automatons. Said machines use protocols like tftp, netbios and other ways of communications all included in the standard network protocols. Thing is, since these protocols are seldomly used, I always fear some smart guys at Samsung decides to slash those protocols because he can save 10s of work and 1ct every 100 dongle...
Maybe I should try to create an account at newegg and post my question there.

But I might be lucky and have some help here

Thanks

I've got an NP900 notebook with that sort of adapter. I'm not sure what it is, but if I can perform some sort of test that will give you an answer, let me know.