On 24/03/06, Derick Centeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There is a -slight- chance he meant the hidden PCMCIA port inside the laptop that the Airport plugs in to ;) The iBooks have never had a PCMCIA port other than this one.
The Airport Express is modified mini-PCI, not PCMCIA, so its not possible to use a non-AE card in it.
It should. As should the Airport Express when the drivers are released or you're mad enough to build them yourself.
Hi Paul:
A clarification: Apple designed the iBooks, Powerbooks and other
portables using Airport and Airport Extreme in such a way that if these
portables were purchased together with the Airport or Airport Extreme
installed then the PCMCIA slots would remain available for other
extensions or additions. In other words, the PCMCIA slot remains an
extra available port for using all sorts of devices usually reserved
for Windows or Linux. There are tons of emulators for Linux and lots
of drivers for these PCMCIA devices if one does the research carefully
and decide within one's budget just what one wants to use when and for
what. As you have Airport, embedded in your laptop you don't need any
other wireless device for Linux. Just select Airport, associate it
with eth1 from within Network config if you are within Gnome or KDE and
you should be wireless nearly immediately. You explained you've had
trouble with YDL 4.0.1; you shouldn't have trouble with YDL 4.1. A
little experimentation will reveal to you which interface works best in
your environment. Airport should have no trouble linking to whatever
nodes are available; the issue will be the interface. As usual each
person must judge for themselves what works best; your advantage will
be as a student you have access to all the other students who have
similar problems.
Use the PCMCIA slot for something cool and smooth and maybe a bit
unheard of .... like a TV transmitter that fits into the PCMCIA slot!!
Go ahead... bug your buddies out with how the PB or iBook is not
supposed to be able to do that! Remember Linux is a completely
different universe!! I haven't tried this myself, but hey you're the
student... this is as good a time to cosy up with the dweebs in the
There is a -slight- chance he meant the hidden PCMCIA port inside the laptop that the Airport plugs in to ;) The iBooks have never had a PCMCIA port other than this one.
The Airport Express is modified mini-PCI, not PCMCIA, so its not possible to use a non-AE card in it.
> Thanks for the info. You mention the PCMCIA cards; will these work in
> both
> the Airport Extreme slots as well as the regular Airport slots like my
> iBook?
> And with those drivers installed, will a machine with a PCMCIA card be
> able
> to detect a new wireless signal without rebooting?
It should. As should the Airport Express when the drivers are released or you're mad enough to build them yourself.
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