--- Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 16/11/04 07:41, John McGibney at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> on 16/11/04 01:42, Mike McGinnis at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> Hi All, > >>> I have been learning from this list for a while > and I > >>> now have a problem I haven't been able to solve > on my > >>> own. I have a Lombard with OS 10.3.6 which I > have > >>> recently decided to change to a Belkin G pcmcia > card > >>> from an Orinoco Silver B card, I uninstalled the > >>> sourceforge drivers I was using with the Belkin > card, > >>> in case they were causing a conflict. I > understood the > >>> Belkin should be recognized under airport > extreme as a > >>> compatible card, it shows on the tool bar as a > Ralink > >>> Technology RT2500 card. When I try to start > airport > >>> setup it says there is no airport card > installed. It > >>> acts like it doesn't have the proper drivers > loaded. > >>> What am I missing? After 4 hours on Google I > give up I > >>> need some expert help. > >> > >> Well, it looks like the Apple AirPort driver > doesn't recognize the card. You > >> might want to try a driver that is known to > support that card... > >> > >> -Laurent. > > > > I use the Belkin 54G pcmcia wireless card > (f5d7010) in my son's Ti-Book and > > under 10.3 its identified as an "unknown vendor" > airport card with the > > following info as found in System Profile. > > > > card ID of TXN,PCI1410-02 > > Vendor ID: 0x104c > > Device ID: 0xac50 > > > > And yes, it does work under Airport Extreme > without any additional drivers. > > It has worked before Airport version 3.4. Try > reinstalling/upgrading the > > airport software. If I plug it into my Al-Book it > is immediately recognized. > > The recognition of a specific card always boils down > to the chipset inside > card. I think that AirPort Extreme card have a > Broadcom chipset, not sure, > but I think that's what I've read. That means that > all cards that have the > same chipset should be recognized. However, keep in > mind that sometimes, a > revision to a card will mean a different chipset and > even though the card > has still the same brand name, it is not exactly > like its predecessor. > > I know this first hand because we had the same > problem when someone wrote a > wireless driver for the Newton. At first, there were > a bunch of cards that > were working. Then, at some point, new revisions > started coming out and > specific models that used to work were not working > anymore. The reason? The > chipset inside, or so I was told... > > -Laurent. > -- After a nights sleep and a cup of coffee I decided to Google Ralink Technologies RT2500. What do you know Belkin changed the chipset unbeknown to the tech I talked to at Belkin. I now have new drivers which work, however my first objective was to be able to use airport drivers and support programs. I guess I call Belkin again as they claim airport compatibility.
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