question about wi-fi

[Cian Duffy]

On 24/03/06, Derick Centeno <aguilarojo at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> 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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