[P1] iBook and PCMCIA Cards

[Joe Jones]

The internal airport slot is definitely not compatible with pcmcia 
cards. It is a proprietary connector and only works with the Airport 
card.

As far as your campus selecting 802.11a, I think that's bizarre, given 
that everyone else in the world has decided that compatibility is a 
good idea - and 802.11b and g are compatible, so a wider range of 
things would work with it, but I digress.

The only solution for you is going to be an external 802.11a wireless 
solution from someone like Linksys or similar. They make USB and wired 
ethernet devices that connect to wireless networks.

Joe

On Friday, Aug 8, 2003, at 02:09 Europe/London, Zachary Heaton wrote:

> Hello to all!
>
> I'm a student at a Windows-dominated campus, which has decided to put 
> in an 802.11a wireless network.  (For those list readers who aren't 
> familiar with 802.11a, it is a 54mbps wireless standard which operates 
> on a different frequency from the more common 802.11b (AirPort) and 
> 802.11g (AirPort Extreme) standards.)  I'm interested in accessing the 
> network, but I'm being badly hampered by the iBook's (500Mhz, Dual 
> USB) lack of a PCMCIA slot.
>
> Given this, my questions in order are:
>
> 1.)  Has anyone set up an 802.11a connection from an iBook?  If so, 
> how?
>
> 2.)  Can anyone confirm that the AirPort card slot inside a iBook is a 
> standard PCMCIA slot?  Aside from the issue of form factor, will the 
> slot connect to a standard PCMCIA card?
>
> 3.)  Does anyone know of a way to hook up a PCMCIA card or 
> (desperation moment here) a PCI card to an iBook?  Granted, carrying 
> around an external set of connecters is probably a step back  from 
> carrying around a good 30 foot Ethernet cable, but I'll ask anyway.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Zach Heaton
>
>
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