[P1] iBook and PCMCIA Cards

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On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 08:00  AM, Jack Rodgers wrote:

>>>> 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.
>
> The g standard is compatible with a and b so an extreme card would 
> most likely handle the a, however, your 500 won't accept the extreme 
> card.
>
>
The 802.11g standard is not compatible with 802.11a. With an iBook 
there is no possible way for you to access this network wirelessly. The 
only mac laptops that will work on this network are the G3 powerbooks, 
and the 15 and 17 inch G4 powerbooks.


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