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Alden Huang wrote: |
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> Hi there, |
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> I was just curious if anyone had experience using their ibook (dual-usb |
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> model) with a pcmcia wifi card that is not a lucent orinoco/airport. I |
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> have a card which fits neatly (without having to do anything ridiculous |
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> with a dremel =), but I just can't seem to get it to even detect. |
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> I really have no experience with anything PCMCIA on linux, and I cant |
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> even get the computer to show that something is there and plugged |
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> in....although I'm sure its a card supported; it's just a re-badged prism2. |
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> Although the LEDS on the card light up when I plug it in, cardctl |
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> returns no socket() or something like that...nothing shows up under the |
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> boot cd loading with the dopcmcia option either. |
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> Am I missing something just obvious and stupid? any help would be |
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> appreciated. |
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> Best, |
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> alden |
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Airport (carried in the Pismo, iBook G3 and TiBook) is basically a |
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cut-down PC Card slot. There's just enough logic to get Airport and |
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similar PC Cards running. Prism2 isn't an Orinoco, so of course the |
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system won't know what to do with it. Trying to use a PC Card in this |
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slot might have worked on the Pismo or TiBook, but since the iBooks |
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don't possess a full-fledged PC Card controller, you're completely screwed. |
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PowerPC Airport Extreme is a similar setup, only it's MiniPCI and uses |
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Broadcom chipsets. In both cases, it's a cost reduction measure. |
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Sorry to disappoint you. |
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--michi |
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