On Dec 25, 2012, at 6:26 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
Really, the PCMCIA slot seems to be the only way to add WiFi.
I'm confused, I thought the Cube came with an original Airport 802.11b
card slot which doesn't really work as a standard PCMCIA slot? If it
does work as a standard PCMCIA slot, you could consider adding a USB
2.0 PCMCIA and then a USB 2.0 WiFi adapter, which would kill two birds
with one stone, getting you both faster WiFi and faster USB.
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Here's the real easy way to find WiFi devices that work as Airport
with Macs. There are two chipsets that generally work as Apple
Airport, Broadcom & Atheros. Go to this page, and then select the
criteria you require in a drill-down to whatever is available. This is
one of the most useful databases on the web.
<http://www.wikidevi.com/wiki/Main_Page>
Here's an example using the "Browse data" link on the lefthand column
selecting Category "Wireless Adapter" in the upper right to drill-down
using your needed criteria of "Interface: PCMCIA" & "Chipset 1:
Broadcom" & "Supported 802dot11 protocols: bgn". I don't know if this
Airport Card PCMCIA slot is 16-bit or 32-bit, so you'll need to
determine this prior to searching out possible brands & models of
compatible cards available. There should be a lot, I'd bet at least 10
or 20 models at least that are both PCMCIA & an Airport compatible
chipset.
Here's results for 10 models using Broadcom, PCMCIA 32-bit, with
802.11n:
<http://www.wikidevi.com/wiki/Special:BrowseData/Wireless_adapter?Chip1_brand=Broadcom&Supported_802dot11_protocols=bgn&Interface=PCMCIA_%2832-bit%29
>
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