>Yes, Open Transport supports it... No doubt. The 2400 does not. Once you >have a network PCMCIA card inserted, insert another, and you'll see what I >mean. > >I suspect you haven't actually tried it. I hadn't, actually, because one ought to be able to assume such things will work. ;) This is why I'll be happy to see the "classic" Mac OS go away. It's also one more reason why having two slots in the 2400 is less than compelling. I have run NAT on the 2400 using a modem card and an ethernet card, though. The problem here appears to be that Apple's Card & Socket Services (PCMCIA) software assumes there'll be only one "enet" driver mapped to a PC card, and does this mapping in some ugly way for the first card inserted. There isn't likely to be a hardware limitation, and it should work from Linux (I can't test that at the moment because one of my ethernet cards is a GV combo). Which is a better OS to run a NAT gateway from anyway. ;) It may still work for an Orinoco or other 802.11b card (the original query), depending on whether those also map to "enet". The best way to find out would be to try (insert a wireless and wired card, and see whether they're both selectable in the TCP/IP control panel popup - if they both appear, it should work). >Also, this is the ONLY Apple product I've ever seen have this limitation >which Tim Seufert (A legendary lister - Hope I spelled it right) pointed out >a year or so ago. So you can confirm that other dual-PCMCIA Powerbooks don't behave the same way? I don't think it's specific to the 2400 per se; I'd expect the 3400 and Kanga at least to be identical, and probably the G3 Powerbooks as well (but it wouldn't likely come up there, with one built-in ethernet interface already). As far as I know they all run the same C&SS version. Which makes it less of a surprise that they'd be happy to eliminate one or both PCMCIA slots in their current notebook line. To be fair, PCMCIA has always involved a number of ugly hacks on any OS, because it was never very well designed for its stated goal (worry-free plug and play). But this is still disappointing. -- Marc Sira | [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If you can't play with words, what good are they?" ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> NineWire | If they are cool enough to host this list... Digital Solutions | ...you should check them out! http://www.NineWire.com/ Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
