on 11/01/04 00:33, Robin Ashe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 1/10/04 8:12 PM, "Laurent Daudelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I got this crappy laptop from work which I need to setup in the event I got >> production support to do. It is a Dell Latitude D600 with the Dell >> TrueMobile 1300, which is a 802.11b wireless card. >> >> I have an ABS that works fine with my PowerBook, but no matter what I did, I >> can't seem to connect the friggin' PC on the network. I changed the settings >> for TCP/IP for a static address, since all my computers on my network have a >> static IP address, I entered all information for the router and the DNS >> server, the thing still report that there is no network. The laptop comes >> with a control panel named "TrueMobile 1300 Client Utility". This control >> panel lets me see and connect to network. I can see my ABS name and >> configure it. Still, no network connection. >> >> What am I missing? Friggin', stupid Windows crap! >> >> -Laurent. > > I know the 1150 is a rebranded Lucent WaveLan Gold, but I don't know about > the 1300. Try it out on one of your Mac laptops and see if it recognizes it > as an AirPort card. If it doesn't that could be your problem. I don't think > that AirPort has very good compatibility with non-airport (Lucent/Orinoco) > hardware.
Hmmm, that might be hard since the card is, according to Dell, a "mini-PCI" internal card. Never heard of them, but that rules out testing them in a PowerBook... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] dangling pointer n.: [common] A reference that doesn't actually lead anywhere (in C and some other languages, a pointer that doesn't actually point at anything valid). Usually this happens because it formerly pointed to something that has moved or disappeared. Used as jargon in a generalization of its techspeak meaning; for example, a local phone number for a person who has since moved to the other coast is a dangling pointer. Compare dead link. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
