>Sort of. The old Lucent brand WaveLAN gold and silver cards were re- >branded some time ago.
[snip] >The previous Apple AirPort cards were also manufactured by Lucent, >which is why you see in this thread that AirPort drivers will work >for them, as well. The only difference is that the AirPort card has >no built- in antenna. > >HTH, > >Cathy BINGO! ;-) >it should work with the old Lucent drivers, but I never tested it so >I couldn't guarantee it'd work. BTW, the Lucent WaveLAN silver is >exactly what's in my original ABS. On that note, you can actually use the AirPort base station config software to set up the Orinoco RG1000 Access Point. The specs are almost exactly the same as the original ABS, right down to the modem and WaveLAN silver card in the guts. And that's also why the original version of AirPort (hardware & software) couldn't do high encryption, but only the stripped down WEP that the WaveLAN offers. (Here's a neat tidbit - I've heard that you can use a Windows laptop to upgrade the firmware on the WaveLAN silver to make it a "gold" card - Google around for that...) The only thing I would add to what you said is the following: AirPort REQUIRES 32-bit PC Card slots (although why this should technically be so, I don't know. It's probably an artificial requirement to lessen the number of hardware combinations Apple would have to support). Thus, it will not run on the 190, 5300, or 1400. It can be MADE to run on the 2400, 3400, and PowerBook G3 (Kanga). It runs supported on PowerBooks G3 and G4, as well as the iBook, later iMacs, and certain PowerMacs. In fact, Apple even officially SUPPORTS the use of WaveLAN Silver cards and AirPort. From the Apple ReadMe for AirPort 1.3: >An AirPort-capable computer with an internal AirPort Card and Mac OS >9.0.4 or later >A PowerBook G3 series computer with a Lucent WaveLAN or Orinoco IEEE >Turbo 11Mb PC Card and Mac OS 9.0.4 or later <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75082> To date, there has been no refutation of this point: AirPort will NOT _run_ on the NuBus based PowerBooks. There are no patches or work-arounds that will get it to run. Clark Martin mentioned one time that he got AirPort 1.3 to _install_ on his 5300, but he hasn't elaborated. (Clark, please speak up!) FWIW, I cannot get AirPort 1.3 to install on my 5300ce using the Apple installer. I can manually install the bits-and-pieces, but I can no way get AirPort to work. Peace, Drew -- <http://homepage.mac.com/alk/> "There are of course many problems connected with life, of which some of the most popular are `Why are people born?' `Why do they die?' `Why do they spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?'" -- Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
