well there are a couple of sites that deal with hard drive and cdrom upgrades on the snow ibook, so that shows you how to strip them down, the wireless card already has a pigtail going in there, but you've got to snip it or find a replacement, then its just a case of routing it out the side.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelley Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Tweaks for ibooks > The links I found on Google all seem to focus on the older Clamshell > iBook. I have a newer snow iBook. > > Is it possible to make a Y-pigtail connector, so the antenna in the > screen is still connected and usable when a external antenna is not? > > > > On Jun 13, 2004, at 1:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > just drop a pigtail from inside it, it will require a small case mod, > > this is a common > > path for the ibook and powerbook , check google. > > > >> There isn't anything that can be done for the ibook. With no PC slot > >> and or antenna connector its kind of limited. The only things to be > >> added is software. None of which boost the power of the card. > >> > >> Which iBook do you have? If its the older G3 version you can run > >> Kismac > >> or even Kismet, if you have X11 installed. The iBook G4 uses the > >> Extreme card and it is not supported yet by some of the tools out > >> their. > >> > >> I have a iBook 700/G3 and love it. The reception on a iBook is the > >> best > >> of any of the Apple laptops. The only thing that I have thought about > >> trying is attaching a USB wifi adaptor attached to the dash and seeing > >> if it will extend the range. Has anyone tried this or given it any > >> thought? I figure a WET11 with a 200mw card should work. As long as > >> the > >> software such as iStumbler, Kismac or MacStumbler support USB. > >> > >> Kelley > >> > >> > >> On Jun 13, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Mark wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> What can i do to tweak my iBook for wardriving? > >>> > >>> Does anyone have any tips? > >>> > >>> I know there isn't a way to get an external antenna for it so i'm > >>> fixing to get it as tweaked as possible. > >>> > >>> Mark > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
