On Thursday, May 16, 2002, at 12:34 AM, PLH wrote: > I have a newer (not new style) iMac that I want to enable wireless > 802.11b. > I know I need a card like this: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2024212224 > > Do I have to use a Apple branded PCMCIA Airport card with it - or will > any > Lucent/Orinoco work? > > Using OSX 10.1 & 9.2 > > Thanks
Get an Apple Airport card. While the slot is supposedly not a true PCMCIA slot, I have heard of success putting CF Card converters in it, but there really isn't space to put a non-Apple wireless card in the slot for the most part. Apple cards are quite nice as they are equivalent to either the silver or gold (40-bit or 128-bit) Lucent cards, but are software upgradable to 128-bit. So, even an old card will upgrade with the 2.0 Airport software (Or so I have read). Plus, if you look around, you can find some places occasionally selling the Airport for $50 which is cheaper than I have ever seen a Orinoco Gold sell for. I bought a new system pull Airport (Used, basically) and it works great (Tested with RG-1000, Airport Basestation, etc.) . Now if I just had a base station :) That is my next plan... Bill ----------------------------------- Bill Vinson http://www.trilug.org/~billv -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
