on 19/11/04 08:58, Anne Judge at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After saying I would for months, I just upgraded my Wallstreet (466, > 384MB RAM, 20gig HD) to 10.2.8 in the hopes of making it my kitchen > recipe/internet radio computer. (No disaster if I spill that soup on > it! - at least not compared to if I did the same on my PB G4 17".) > > I got a Belkin F5D7010 802.11g PC card that's supposed to work with > 10.2.8 & Airport 3.1.1 (according to the product's web page) - which I > have installed. > > But it's not seeing it!!! Other cards (CF & SM readers, USB) work in > both my PC card slots. > > My understanding is that this card should work because it's using a > Broadcom chipset. But when I pull down the PC card menu that appears > when it's in, it says: > > Ralink Technology Inc. > RT2500 > > Which seems to be the name of a maker of a different chipset. Is this > my problem? Did Belkin switch suppliers on me? > > Or is this normal and there's something wrong with my card, my > computer, or my install? > > I know at least one other person here is using this wireless card (or > at least a Belkin one), so maybe he/she/they can check and see if what > I'm seeing is normal.
I haven't checked any PC card in my PowerBook, so I can't really tell if what should appear is the chipset of the card in the PC menu. That being said, I would think that your computer is working fine since it recognizes all other types of cards. I would imagine that the card is also working fine since it seems to communicate with the system correctly. So, that leaves us with the incompatible chipset. I thought that someone posted this week about a similar problem, where they bought a Belkin thinking they would get a compatible card but they got a revision which used a different chipset, thus making the card incompatible without a 3rd party driver... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fiber-seeking backhoe: [common among backbone ISP personnel] Any of a genus of large, disruptive machines which routinely cut critical backbone links, creating Internet outages and packet over air problems. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
