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    Small PCMCIA Wireless G Card

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Bog, May 20, 2008.

  1. Bog

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    Hi everyone,

    I am looking for a wireless PC card for my IBM T42 as it does not have wireless; however the card must NOT stick outside the PCMCIA card bay. Since the laptop will serve as my mobile workstation, I would like a card that doesn't stick out; thats asking for trouble. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
     
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    Will you connect it in a PCI express port?
     
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    No, PCMCIA slot. The T42 has two such slots on the front left side of the unit.
     
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    I see, the PCMCIA slot is close to 3.5" deep, so any card with that dimension should work. However most card I have seen have a small antenna and that will stick out.
     
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    Yeah, I'm looking for something that will stay completely inside the laptop. The cards I've seen either have an anntena as you say, or a plastic housing that sticks out an inch or so.
     
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    Yeah, that's the antenna, you can't get away with it, you must have either a whipping antenna or a flat antenna at the top of the card.
     
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    Check ZyXEL, they have small products, they even have an USB dapater.
     
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