Found one! http://www.gemtek.com.tw/pro_wpcb_143g.htm
Anybody know what chipset these guys are running? --John On Apr 22, 2006, at 15:38, Jim Thompson wrote: > > On Apr 21, 2006, at 6:15 PM, John McDermon wrote: > >> I just ordered a MacBook Pro -- looking forward to messing with >> the dual booting or virtualization. >> >> One draw back, it does NOT have a PC Card slot. It has an >> ExpressCard/34 slot. Does anyone know if there is or will be any >> ExpressCard/34 wireless cards? Even better, will there be external >> antenna connections? > > the problem I see here is that, at least in the Mac market: > > 1) apple has yet to release any documentation on the framework (/ > Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ > Apple80211.framework, ) that lets your code plug in to the rest of > the Apple 802.11 stack. (in 10.4.4 and up, the 802.11 stack is a > port of the freebsd 'net80211' stack(*), (the sister of the one > used in madwifi), but apple cut out all of the 'standard' control > structure and replaced it with their own (**). Anyone producing > cards aimed at Apple's 'platform' would have some serious reverse- > engineering to do. > > 2) All of Apple's Intel hardware has sofar come with "Airport" > integrated, so most of the base will already have 802.11. Any > notebook from "the other" manufacturers will likely have 802.11 > bundled too. > > Therefore, its highly improbable that sufficient market exists for > a vendor to produce the 100,000+ cards (minimum) required to profit > from the exercise post R&D expenses, marketing costs, etc. > > Its possible that the 11n 'upgrade path' will produce a card, > especially when Apple announces 11n on their product line. > > Jim > > p.s. someone will have to hand-forward this to the SeattleWireless > Talk list, as I no longer subscribe there. > > * Compare 'strings /System/Library/Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/ > Contents/MacOS/IO80211Family' with 'strings' on net80211 in FreeBSD > > For fun, you can also run strings on strings /System/Library/ > Extensions/IO80211Family.kext/Contents/PlugIns/ > AirPortAtheros5424.kext/Contents/MacOS/AirportAtheros5424 Note > that the Broadcom 4311 is also supported by IO80211Family now. > > (**) /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/ > Kernel.framework/Versions/A/Headers/IOKit/apple80211 > -- > Meta discussions are private. You must obtain the author(s) > permission before redistribution of any meta email. > > [un]subscribe: http://freenetworks.org/mailman/listinfo/meta/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
