> From: Arlis R Tyner > Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 4:40 PM > To: PowerBooks > Subject: PB520 and 802.11b??? > > > I was recently given a Powerbook 520, and I was wondering if > anyone could tell me the feasibility of using this machine for > wireless internet. I've been seeing a lot of articles recently > about making an 802.11b antenna from a Pringles can and 6 or 7 > dollars worth of materials. > > I live a rather transient lifestyle, and currently my only > internet connection is at the local library where I am limited to > an hour a day and downloads are prohibited. This Powerbook is my > only computer, and it would be great if I could make it work with > one of these cheap Pringles can antennas.
Sounds like you want to use the connection from out in the parking lot. :) > Do I need a wireless network card? Can the PB520 even accept one, > or be modified to do so? You'd need a wireless network card, presumably one of the Lucent/Orinoco WaveLAN PCMCIA cards. Now the hard parts: first of all, to use the WaveLAN card in a 520, you'd need the PCMCIA adapter which would go into the left battery bay. Unfortunately, these are very hard to come by and very expensive (to the point where you could probably find a cheap 190 or 5300 for less). There is also the issue of drivers; since the 520 is a 68k system, you need to find a set of drivers old enough to support the 68k, but new enough to support recent firmware revisions. Tricky, but then can be found. <<<John>>> -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:powerbooks@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:powerbooks-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:powerbooks-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
