[Ti] Wireless card

[Eric]

thanks for the reply.  which linksys card do you have?   and do you 
find your reception to be much improved?   thanks, eric
On Mar 4, 2005, at 12:43 AM, rob morris wrote:

>> From: Robert Ameeti <robert at ameeti.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Ti] Wireless card
>>
>>> i just borrowed a buffalo wifi card to see if wireless reception is 
>>> better
>>> (or how much better) with the external card as opposed to the 
>>> airport extreme
>>> card.
>>
>> Do note that there are 2 conversations going on here. One is for WiFi 
>> as you
>> are doing. The other is for cellular wireless cards.
>>
>>> the card is recognized, it shows up in my menu. my question is how to
>>> activate it - how do i tell the computer to use this card rather 
>>> than the
>>> airport extrme card. can you switch back and forth between the cards?
>>
>> You can't easily switch back and forth as the internal card will want 
>> to
>> always load. What you are wanting to do is not really feasible or 
>> worth the
>> effort based on my similar attempts.
>
> With a buffalo card no, you can't. You have to pull the airport card.
>
> But with a Linksys and some other wireless cards, you do not have to 
> pull
> the airport card to make the other card work.  Once the new PCMCIA 
> wireless
> card is recognized, I just turn off the airport card in the menu bar, 
> and
> then the linksys card I use works fine.  I use the Linksys card to 
> extended
> range when out and about or I have a bit weaker connection with the 
> internal
> airport card.
> Cheers
>
>
>
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