Re: [jornada] PCMCIA wireless card

Hey.

> Do any of you know if anyone makes a PCMCIA wireless card that doesn't have
> overhang? i.e. the card is not longer than the PCMCIA slot. And, more

Proxim RangeLAN 8433-05, and probably others in the same product family.

> specifically, one that will work with Linux on the Jornada?

Here's a list of wireless adapters and comments about how they are supported in linux. Note that there are also PCI, USB, etc cards, which you don't want.
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz

>
> I've found this:
> http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=features&pathtype=purchase&sku=3CRPAG175

I wouldn't be so sure about that card being able to receive, nor transmit, while the antenna is plugged in, which I suppose you expect from the card.

> It has an antenna that can be tucked back inside the card when not in use. I'm
> thinking it may be too new for the Jornada, however.

It doesn't matter how new the card is. The most important is that it's PCMCIA (16bit if), and not CardBus, which is 32bit. CardBus can be detected by the gold-coloured ground plate above the connector, which PCMCIA don't have. Although sometimes CardBus cards are referred as PCMCIA, but that's false.

Cheers
Otto Waltari
Received on Sun May 28 2006 - 04:59:54 EDT