looking to go wireless...

ps5533ps5533
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
ok well i just got this router and PC card but now i need to find a cheap notebook card to put in a ti550 so it has to be 802.11b... any suggestions?



PS



Edit: i'm networking with a dell if that means anything

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    freakyfreakfreakyfreak Posts: 22member
    Well since no one else answered....I clicked that link and the picture shows that it includes a laptop card. They say it's a PC card but that won't fit into any PCI slot that I know of...it's definately a laptop PCMIA card(dont know if i got those letters right) I started lookin at MAcs only about a year ago(like really looking at them, always liked them) so I dont exactly knwo what Ti550 means. My guess is Titanium PowerBook 550MGz? If that is so, I don't think they have a notebook card slot on them do they? So you will have to buy the Airport card from apple(Airport Extreme will not work with the Titanium PB as far as I know.) If your Dell is a desktop and you want that wireless, then you need to get a PCI wireless thing, or else you could also buy a USB one that you just plug into the USB port(I guess you could also use this for the PB, but the USB ones are only 802.11B as far as I know.) If you dont want your Dell wireless, then you shouldnt get that package because you wont have any use for the notebook card(if infact the PB does not have a notebook card slot(PCMIA?)

  • Reply 2 of 4
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by PS5533

    ok well i just got this router and PC card but now i need to find a cheap notebook card to put in a ti550 so it has to be 802.11b... any suggestions?



    PS



    Edit: i'm networking with a dell if that means anything



    It doesn't have to be 802.11 B...although you can't buy an Apple G card, I bet there are other vendors that sell G cards that are PCMIA.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    ps5533ps5533 Posts: 476member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by freakyfreak

    Well since no one else answered....I clicked that link and the picture shows that it includes a laptop card. They say it's a PC card but that won't fit into any PCI slot that I know of...it's definately a laptop PCMIA card(dont know if i got those letters right) I started lookin at MAcs only about a year ago(like really looking at them, always liked them) so I dont exactly knwo what Ti550 means. My guess is Titanium PowerBook 550MGz? If that is so, I don't think they have a notebook card slot on them do they? So you will have to buy the Airport card from apple(Airport Extreme will not work with the Titanium PB as far as I know.) If your Dell is a desktop and you want that wireless, then you need to get a PCI wireless thing, or else you could also buy a USB one that you just plug into the USB port(I guess you could also use this for the PB, but the USB ones are only 802.11B as far as I know.) If you dont want your Dell wireless, then you shouldnt get that package because you wont have any use for the notebook card(if infact the PB does not have a notebook card slot(PCMIA?)



    Thanks for the attempt at insight but after every statement came a "i think" so its not much help anyways... i know what i'm doing now tho



    thanks anyways



    PS
  • Reply 4 of 4
    bobwbobw Posts: 49member
    http://home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Wireless.htm
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