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Re: [PLUG] $20 wireless PCMCIA card
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gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
| On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 03:41:52PM -0400, Stewart B. Lone wrote:
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|>I have been looking at various IBM laptops. The either come with Wi-Fi
|>installed already or "Wi-Fi Upgradable". Their options seem to indicate
|>that only a Cisco card will do. " 3- Can be wireless enabled with the
|>addition of an optional wireless LAN Mini PCI Card. These systems are
|>designed to operate only with wireless LAN Mini PCI options sold by
|>IBM." Does anyone know if this is just marketing bs, or are choice of
|>cards really limited?
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| Could you cite the text you quoted, please?
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If you go to the IBM site and bring up laptops, as far as I can see, all
their models--A,T,R, and X all seem to offer 3 options in general. No
wireless support possible, WI-Fi upgradeable, or Intel PRO/Wireless
Network Connection 802.11b. I would hazard a guess that this is the
Intel centrino mobo. If you click customize on any othe choices with the
upgradeable option, and then click the "wireless link" above the "Wi-Fi
wireless upgradable" info, you get a popup box with the following
information:-
~ Definition
Wireless technologies allow computers to communicate with other enabled
computers, servers or devices without cables or wires.
Antenna design:
~ * The new IBM® UltraConnect" Antenna supports both IEEE 802.11a and
802.11b wireless technologies.
~ * Other select ThinkPad notebooks feature a dual antenna, which
supports 802.11b wireless technology, built into the display cover for
optimal signal reception1.
Choice of wireless:
~ * Wi-Fi wireless/Intel Wi-Fi wireless: Provides security comparable
to a typical wired local area network (LAN) communication with
technology based on IEEE 802.11b2 with 128-bit Wired Equivalent Privacy
(WEP)
~ (select models).
~ * Wi-Fi wireless upgradable3: Add wireless technology in the future
and use the system's dual antenna for optimal signal reception (select
models).
~ * Cisco® 802.11b wireless: Easily integrate and use the advanced
security features of an existing Cisco network with integrated Cisco
Wireless 802.11b (select models).
~ * IBM 11a/b Wi-Fi wireless: Provides flexibility so you can connect
in either Wi-Fi environment to help increase mobility and productivity.
Supports both IEEE 802.11a and 802.11b wireless technologies (select
models)4.
~ * Bluetooth: Get short range (up to 30') or device-to-device
wireless connectivity.
~ Communicate with other Bluetooth-enabled devices such as printers,
cell phones or PDAs (select models).
1 Requires compatible wireless-enabled options; sold separately.
2 Based on IEEE 802.11b. This wireless LAN product has been designed to
permit legal operation world-wide in regions in which it is approved.
Operation on channels 12-14 are not permitted in all regulatory regions
of the world. Consequently the wireless LAN feature is limited to
operate on channels 1-11 and will not support channels 12, 13, and 14.
This product has been tested and certified to be interoperable by the
Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance and is authorized to carry the
Wi-Fi logo.
3 Can be wireless enabled with the addition of an optional wireless LAN
Mini PCI Card. These systems are designed to operate only with wireless
LAN Mini PCI options sold by IBM.
4 Based on IEEE 802.11a and 802.11b. This wireless LAN product has been
designed to permit legal operation world-wide in regions in which it is
approved. This product has been tested and certified to be interoperable
by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance and is authorized to
carry the Wi-Fi logo.
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