Where is the Modem device?

[Derick Centeno]

Remember also Ebrahim that Ethernet is also available on many laptops!
Also if Airport Extreme or other Apple technology is unavailable because 
it is difficult to setup within YDL, one could acquire a PCMCIA card for 
the PCMCIA slot most current powerbooks have.  One could look here for 
which PCMCIA cards are currently supported by YDL and get that:

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/hardware/devices.shtml

It is true that desktop systems as a rule have many more configuration 
possibilities than laptops, but I can't imagine managing to carry a 
desktop system from one location to another.   So for me at least, I 
find that I have to settle for the laptop which at least approaches my 
concept of an acceptable work environment.

Best wishes....
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Ebrahim Mayat wrote:
> On Sep 5, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Derick Centeno wrote:
>
>   
>> Sorry to convey not-so-good news, Ebrahim:
>>
>> http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/hardware/breakdown/ 
>> index.php?hw_cat_id=4
>>
>> Examine this page for information referring to the internal modem of
>> various powerbooks and whether they are supported within YDL.  Note  
>> that
>> quite a few are marked as Maybe which really means (read the fine  
>> print)
>> that you have to download unsupported drivers from somewhere else.
>> Where that somewhere else is can be found by clicking upon "here"  
>> marked
>> in blue.
>>
>> Maybe this is just the reason to switch to DSL and other affordable  
>> high
>> speed services finally, yes?
>>     
>
> While I agree with you on the convenience of high-speed networking,  
> it is not a question of switching to high-speed services. The irony  
> of the situation is that depending on location, wireless is not a  
> reliable solution presently. The mandatory pre-configuration at every  
> new location is cumbersome and fraught with potential glitches (see  
> my posts circa mid-August). If you do not need to be mobile then It  
> seems that ethernet cable is the only reliable, viable alternative  
> 8-) ....but the big desktop is wired this way.
>
>   
>> Good Luck.... Derick.
>>     
> My post is merely an exploration of networking issues.
>
> E
>
> P.S. ALSA works on my PB. :-)
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