From: "Chuck McKinnis" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account smarthost HELO [192.168.0.120]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 1895604 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:01:30 -0500 Message-ID: <4AFB504A.4030801@sandia.net> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:01:14 -0700 Reply-To: mckinnis@sandia.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Any interest in desktop mounting a laptop Wi-Fi card? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > Greetings, all... > > Having just constructed one of the above, utilizing an Intel 3945ABG > card and successfully testing it in a desktop system with a PCI Express > 1x slot, I'm curious to see if there is any interest in such an animal > here. GenMAC drives the Intel card well, and if you want to later move > to, say, a 4965AGN (802.11n) card, it's a simple matter of replacing the > mini-PCIe card in the adapter and adding two additional antennas (the > bracket has three connectors on it). > > Pricing for this unit, complete with an Intel 3945ABG card and antenna > is $54 plus shipping. For the 4965AGN and three antennas, add $15 (the > 4965AGN also works with GenMAC). > > For systems without a PCI Express slot, I offer the Intel 2915ABG > mini-PCI card on a standard PCI adapter with antenna. Pricing for this > assembly is $54. > > I have been frustrated of late when trying to find a decent (read: > supported) PCI Wi-Fi card. The last Atheros-based card I picked up > simply would not run under any OS, complaining of lack of resources, and > as many of us know, playing with IRQs under ACPI is no more fun than the > good old days of jumpers and pins. I finally decided to just build one > myself! > > While I welcome discussion here of specifics of the workings of these > gizmos, if you are desirous of ordering one, just send me a private > email: lgrosenthal AT the domain hosting this list. > > Cheers/2 > I put a USR PCI WiFi card into Gloria's Netfinity. Even when I put an external antenna on it, it was iffy at best with WinXP. I finally gave up and used an Ethernet bridge. -- Chuck McKinnis Sandia Park, NM http://www.7cities.net/~mckinnis/ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3:6