A PC Card won't fit into an internal Pismo Airport slot. If you still want to try the firmware update: I upgraded a Orinoco (the same card) from 40 Bit Silver to 128 Bit Gold. It works. The links are: http://www.andrewhakman.dhs.org/orinoco/ (for a manual method) and http://www.geocities.com/lincomatic/software.html (for the "Alchemy" software to automate it). The process was a little confusing, but in the end it worked. I never tried to run it with Airport software, but used an Orinoco driver for it under OS 9.1 and Win 2000. I don't have an Airport Base Station, but I use it on a WLAN with 128 Bit WEP.
You will need a *Windows* notebook for the software. I don't remember reading anything about the firmware hack on Mac powerbooks. Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Beniamino Cenci Goga > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 10:14 PM > To: PowerBooks > Subject: Lucent Silver to Gold > > > Long ago I read about a firmware upgrade for the Lucent WiFi Silver > to Gold to get the 128 bit encription, instead of the 40 bit. > > Unfortunately all the sites redirect to a french site, which no > longer contains the info. > > Has anybody tried successfully this sort of upgrade? > > > Ben > > -- > 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 > -- 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
