--- On Fri 10/17, Charles < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
From: Charles [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 20:35:46 -0400
Subject: Re: 802.11g for 3400c
Yeah, but as someone already pointed out, that is only an 802.11b (11Mbps) not an
802.11g (54Mbps) card. Plus I've been told that the "Cardbus" 802.11g cards are
incompatible with the 3400's PCMCIA interface. I haven't heard a definitive
explanation of this.
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The Skyline is not exactly a stock Cardbus design which is why the card will
definitely work in a 3400 (I have one and it works with the caviate I mentioned
earlier.) The reason Cardbus is not officially supported in the 3400 is that
technology marched on and the Cardbus cards took on a slightly different shape. The
connection transport mechanism is slightly different in machines which are really
Cardbus compliant. The card's pins will align and the computer circuitry is in place
in a 3400, but there is a ridge or bump on the side of the track mechanism in the 3400
which will get in the way of a stock Cardbus designed card and preclude it from
loading properly. There is info as to how to "shave" the corner of a stock Cardbus
card to allow room for that bump provided by MacDan at:
(http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/). I have done it and it only takes an xacto
knife and a steady hand. But as for the G version of WiFi, I have to expect that they
will clearly be of the official Cardbus design and therefore have a need of shaving
for sure. There will also be the problem of getting drivers for OS 9 (which I expect
you are running.) Most new cards think the world started with OSX. I would recommend
that you settle for B speed in your 3400.
Don Wakefield - DTPetc!
Desk Top Productions et cetera!
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