After reading the following messages, I took the plunge. I received the Skyline
802.11b that
was suggested yesterday. I have spent
several hours with it and have not been able to get past installing the software from
their
cd. I put the card into my 5300 with 8.6 .
The "Farallon Wireless" icon came on the desktop when I installed the card, as it is
supposed
to. When I click on that, I get a
message that the card cannot be found. I can not get to the control panel for the card
("Wireless" control panel) even by trying to
open it thru control panels under the apple menu. I have been on twice with Proxim's
tech
department and the tech agent said "You
will find a good driver on our site." I downloaded and installed the recommended
driver from
their site, and still the same. The card
cannot be found even when the icon appears on the desktop. What am I doing wrong or
what
extension is conflicting? I am at my
wits end on this. Is there a good driver for this? Help please!
Also, and alternatively, I tried an ORiNOCO Silver card and because it is for a 32 bit
cardbus, it seems not to work in a 5300. Is
there a proper driver for that card?
Dan in AZ
Robert Eye wrote:
>Howard R. Katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Has anyone had any experience in using the
>>PCMCIA adapter on a PB500 series 'book with a "WiFi" card?
>
>and [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>is it possible to use a WiFi card in a 5300??
>The answer to both is yes.
>In a nutshell however, the best choice seems to be cards based on the
>Lucent chipsets, branded as Lucent, orinoco, Avaya, wavelan, etc. Drivers
>are available here:
><ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/MacOS/>
>and some older versions here:
><ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/IEEE/PC_CARD/APPLE/>
>
>hth,
>
>Dan K
I just took advantage of what I consider a great deal on a NEW Proxim
(was Farallon) Skyline 802.11b 11 MB/sec wifi card:
http://www.emicrox.com/eShop/product.aspx?cid=-1&more=1&keywords=skyline+802.11b&pid=875478
$27 plus ~$6 s&h for FedEx ground (took 3 days from Indiana to
Texas). Works great in my 5300cs, and the software automatically
scans for whatever access point(s) is/are available (I don't think
the Orinoco software does that on its own?). Regards,
Bob Eye
Dallas, TX
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