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Wireless Card for Armada 1750
I have an old Armada 1750 ( which was given to me) and I would like to set
it up as a wireless laptop via internet connection with the Westell 327W. Knowing a whole lot more about desktops, I have no idea what it is that I need for this laptop to produce a wireless connection. I have 2 cards: an Adaptec SlimSCSI card in one slot, and a 3 Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN PC card in the other. Is it one of these that I replace with a special wireless card or am I looking at something else that I need to do or replace. Obviously I don't have a clue. Can someone point me in the right direction? I would appreciate it very much. Thanks, Al |
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Wireless Card for Armada 1750
Alan,
Your best bet is to replace the 3COM 10/100 PCMCIA card with a 802.11g wifi PCMCIA card with drivers to support the operating system you are using on the Armada. An inferior choice is USB wifi, with a fairly clumsy external setup, altho my wife's notebook uses a Linksys 802.11b USB quite successfully... Ben Myers On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:00:20 GMT, "Alan Johnston" wrote: I have an old Armada 1750 ( which was given to me) and I would like to set it up as a wireless laptop via internet connection with the Westell 327W. Knowing a whole lot more about desktops, I have no idea what it is that I need for this laptop to produce a wireless connection. I have 2 cards: an Adaptec SlimSCSI card in one slot, and a 3 Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN PC card in the other. Is it one of these that I replace with a special wireless card or am I looking at something else that I need to do or replace. Obviously I don't have a clue. Can someone point me in the right direction? I would appreciate it very much. Thanks, Al |
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Wireless Card for Armada 1750
Hey, ok!! Sounds good. So I would look for that specific number card and
would just replace the other card with it and load the OS drivers, I assume. And then I'm all set. Thanks a million Al "Ben Myers" ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net wrote in message ... Alan, Your best bet is to replace the 3COM 10/100 PCMCIA card with a 802.11g wifi PCMCIA card with drivers to support the operating system you are using on the Armada. An inferior choice is USB wifi, with a fairly clumsy external setup, altho my wife's notebook uses a Linksys 802.11b USB quite successfully... Ben Myers On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:00:20 GMT, "Alan Johnston" wrote: I have an old Armada 1750 ( which was given to me) and I would like to set it up as a wireless laptop via internet connection with the Westell 327W. Knowing a whole lot more about desktops, I have no idea what it is that I need for this laptop to produce a wireless connection. I have 2 cards: an Adaptec SlimSCSI card in one slot, and a 3 Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN PC card in the other. Is it one of these that I replace with a special wireless card or am I looking at something else that I need to do or replace. Obviously I don't have a clue. Can someone point me in the right direction? I would appreciate it very much. Thanks, Al |
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Wireless Card for Armada 1750
Ben so your wife uses a USB wireless.
I use a USB on my desktop because it is easily movable if needed. It is nice not having to open and place a card in. Although that is a small doable. USB for a laptop. AS I said you can always use it some where else. Also saves a slot. Drawbacks for USB They project out making an easy break off from unit. Although modern computers have USB powers now through the bios. Theese are designated for simple keyboard and a few others and sometimes a little more. They are different than a floppy which a a single function whose functionality is the same in bios boot as it in Windows Not really OS dependent USB drivers are multi functional and vary from the bios functions extremely The functionality of a USB driver for use as wireless port is not only driver dependent but also OS depenedent. Most USB if not all need WIN98SE or greater. Cards will work on the OS below these for wireless No need to go XP That is the reason I would pick a card. Now if laptops had a USB port that was parallel to the unit where breakage was not a concern and the OS was suitable than the USB would be my choice. "Alan Johnston" wrote in message news:TlD_f.3047$yg2.2014@trndny02... Hey, ok!! Sounds good. So I would look for that specific number card and would just replace the other card with it and load the OS drivers, I assume. And then I'm all set. Thanks a million Al "Ben Myers" ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net wrote in message ... Alan, Your best bet is to replace the 3COM 10/100 PCMCIA card with a 802.11g wifi PCMCIA card with drivers to support the operating system you are using on the Armada. An inferior choice is USB wifi, with a fairly clumsy external setup, altho my wife's notebook uses a Linksys 802.11b USB quite successfully... Ben Myers On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:00:20 GMT, "Alan Johnston" wrote: I have an old Armada 1750 ( which was given to me) and I would like to set it up as a wireless laptop via internet connection with the Westell 327W. Knowing a whole lot more about desktops, I have no idea what it is that I need for this laptop to produce a wireless connection. I have 2 cards: an Adaptec SlimSCSI card in one slot, and a 3 Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN PC card in the other. Is it one of these that I replace with a special wireless card or am I looking at something else that I need to do or replace. Obviously I don't have a clue. Can someone point me in the right direction? I would appreciate it very much. Thanks, Al |
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Wireless Card for Armada 1750
Makes sense to me. Actually, I put XP Pro Corp in the Armada (* I know
that's not ideal because the HD is small and XP is big!!) I DID, however, add some memory to it. Have 192Mb now. It does seem to be a sturdy but heavy laptop. Wireless will give me some mobility around the house. Hope it's fairly easy to set it up wireless after I get the card. I haven't done wireless before with ANYTHING!! Thanks for the info and thoughts. Al "metronid" wrote in message ... Ben so your wife uses a USB wireless. I use a USB on my desktop because it is easily movable if needed. It is nice not having to open and place a card in. Although that is a small doable. USB for a laptop. AS I said you can always use it some where else. Also saves a slot. Drawbacks for USB They project out making an easy break off from unit. Although modern computers have USB powers now through the bios. Theese are designated for simple keyboard and a few others and sometimes a little more. They are different than a floppy which a a single function whose functionality is the same in bios boot as it in Windows Not really OS dependent USB drivers are multi functional and vary from the bios functions extremely The functionality of a USB driver for use as wireless port is not only driver dependent but also OS depenedent. Most USB if not all need WIN98SE or greater. Cards will work on the OS below these for wireless No need to go XP That is the reason I would pick a card. Now if laptops had a USB port that was parallel to the unit where breakage was not a concern and the OS was suitable than the USB would be my choice. "Alan Johnston" wrote in message news:TlD_f.3047$yg2.2014@trndny02... Hey, ok!! Sounds good. So I would look for that specific number card and would just replace the other card with it and load the OS drivers, I assume. And then I'm all set. Thanks a million Al "Ben Myers" ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net wrote in message ... Alan, Your best bet is to replace the 3COM 10/100 PCMCIA card with a 802.11g wifi PCMCIA card with drivers to support the operating system you are using on the Armada. An inferior choice is USB wifi, with a fairly clumsy external setup, altho my wife's notebook uses a Linksys 802.11b USB quite successfully... Ben Myers On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:00:20 GMT, "Alan Johnston" wrote: I have an old Armada 1750 ( which was given to me) and I would like to set it up as a wireless laptop via internet connection with the Westell 327W. Knowing a whole lot more about desktops, I have no idea what it is that I need for this laptop to produce a wireless connection. I have 2 cards: an Adaptec SlimSCSI card in one slot, and a 3 Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN PC card in the other. Is it one of these that I replace with a special wireless card or am I looking at something else that I need to do or replace. Obviously I don't have a clue. Can someone point me in the right direction? I would appreciate it very much. Thanks, Al |
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Wireless Card for Armada 1750
I have a cable internet
I used to have my modem on the 2nd floor and my daughter was hard wired to her room which is adjacent to my computer rooom. I did not trust comcast to bring the line up to my 2nd floor. Ran the cable myself. My daughter decided that she wanted her computer in the basement. I did so and placed the cable modem there as this was the entry point of the cable line. I could have ran a long run of cat5 but did not feel like fishing through the walls. The only fishing I was going to do was with a rod and reel and it had nothing to do with networking. I purchased a wireless router and connected to the output of the cable modem. Cat5 I took used one of the lan outputs cat5 to her computer Small run. I inserted the CD that came with the unit and she was set up. Or something close to that. I purchased a USB wireless for my computer. Placed the Cd in for that unit and was finsihed. Just make sure of compatibility of a/b/g etc 802.1 I am running great She uses a laptop that is wireless and it came set up. When purchasing make sure the tech support is toll free and around the clock. I am using D-Link Price was great Support is always there Some have faster speeds All are greater than the cable modem speed. Unless you are talking to other computers in your network and transferring files from computer to computer than 802.1b is good enough. The wireeless network speed is greater than the ISP connection speed in most cases. "Alan Johnston" wrote in message news:BKV_f.3602$yg2.3472@trndny02... Makes sense to me. Actually, I put XP Pro Corp in the Armada (* I know that's not ideal because the HD is small and XP is big!!) I DID, however, add some memory to it. Have 192Mb now. It does seem to be a sturdy but heavy laptop. Wireless will give me some mobility around the house. Hope it's fairly easy to set it up wireless after I get the card. I haven't done wireless before with ANYTHING!! Thanks for the info and thoughts. Al "metronid" wrote in message ... Ben so your wife uses a USB wireless. I use a USB on my desktop because it is easily movable if needed. It is nice not having to open and place a card in. Although that is a small doable. USB for a laptop. AS I said you can always use it some where else. Also saves a slot. Drawbacks for USB They project out making an easy break off from unit. Although modern computers have USB powers now through the bios. Theese are designated for simple keyboard and a few others and sometimes a little more. They are different than a floppy which a a single function whose functionality is the same in bios boot as it in Windows Not really OS dependent USB drivers are multi functional and vary from the bios functions extremely The functionality of a USB driver for use as wireless port is not only driver dependent but also OS depenedent. Most USB if not all need WIN98SE or greater. Cards will work on the OS below these for wireless No need to go XP That is the reason I would pick a card. Now if laptops had a USB port that was parallel to the unit where breakage was not a concern and the OS was suitable than the USB would be my choice. "Alan Johnston" wrote in message news:TlD_f.3047$yg2.2014@trndny02... Hey, ok!! Sounds good. So I would look for that specific number card and would just replace the other card with it and load the OS drivers, I assume. And then I'm all set. Thanks a million Al "Ben Myers" ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net wrote in message ... Alan, Your best bet is to replace the 3COM 10/100 PCMCIA card with a 802.11g wifi PCMCIA card with drivers to support the operating system you are using on the Armada. An inferior choice is USB wifi, with a fairly clumsy external setup, altho my wife's notebook uses a Linksys 802.11b USB quite successfully... Ben Myers On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:00:20 GMT, "Alan Johnston" wrote: I have an old Armada 1750 ( which was given to me) and I would like to set it up as a wireless laptop via internet connection with the Westell 327W. Knowing a whole lot more about desktops, I have no idea what it is that I need for this laptop to produce a wireless connection. I have 2 cards: an Adaptec SlimSCSI card in one slot, and a 3 Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN PC card in the other. Is it one of these that I replace with a special wireless card or am I looking at something else that I need to do or replace. Obviously I don't have a clue. Can someone point me in the right direction? I would appreciate it very much. Thanks, Al |
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Wireless Card for Armada 1750
Wifi with XP is pretty easy. Worst case is that you need to install drivers
from a CD. Best case is that the wifi PCMCIA card is recognized automatically by XP, and its drivers installed. USB wifi almost always requires a driver CD. Afterward, XP has built-in software to sniff out wireless access points, and connect to them... Ben Myers On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:05:21 GMT, "Alan Johnston" wrote: Makes sense to me. Actually, I put XP Pro Corp in the Armada (* I know that's not ideal because the HD is small and XP is big!!) I DID, however, add some memory to it. Have 192Mb now. It does seem to be a sturdy but heavy laptop. Wireless will give me some mobility around the house. Hope it's fairly easy to set it up wireless after I get the card. I haven't done wireless before with ANYTHING!! Thanks for the info and thoughts. Al "metronid" wrote in message ... Ben so your wife uses a USB wireless. I use a USB on my desktop because it is easily movable if needed. It is nice not having to open and place a card in. Although that is a small doable. USB for a laptop. AS I said you can always use it some where else. Also saves a slot. Drawbacks for USB They project out making an easy break off from unit. Although modern computers have USB powers now through the bios. Theese are designated for simple keyboard and a few others and sometimes a little more. They are different than a floppy which a a single function whose functionality is the same in bios boot as it in Windows Not really OS dependent USB drivers are multi functional and vary from the bios functions extremely The functionality of a USB driver for use as wireless port is not only driver dependent but also OS depenedent. Most USB if not all need WIN98SE or greater. Cards will work on the OS below these for wireless No need to go XP That is the reason I would pick a card. Now if laptops had a USB port that was parallel to the unit where breakage was not a concern and the OS was suitable than the USB would be my choice. "Alan Johnston" wrote in message news:TlD_f.3047$yg2.2014@trndny02... Hey, ok!! Sounds good. So I would look for that specific number card and would just replace the other card with it and load the OS drivers, I assume. And then I'm all set. Thanks a million Al "Ben Myers" ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net wrote in message ... Alan, Your best bet is to replace the 3COM 10/100 PCMCIA card with a 802.11g wifi PCMCIA card with drivers to support the operating system you are using on the Armada. An inferior choice is USB wifi, with a fairly clumsy external setup, altho my wife's notebook uses a Linksys 802.11b USB quite successfully... Ben Myers On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:00:20 GMT, "Alan Johnston" wrote: I have an old Armada 1750 ( which was given to me) and I would like to set it up as a wireless laptop via internet connection with the Westell 327W. Knowing a whole lot more about desktops, I have no idea what it is that I need for this laptop to produce a wireless connection. I have 2 cards: an Adaptec SlimSCSI card in one slot, and a 3 Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN PC card in the other. Is it one of these that I replace with a special wireless card or am I looking at something else that I need to do or replace. Obviously I don't have a clue. Can someone point me in the right direction? I would appreciate it very much. Thanks, Al |
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Thanks a million to everybody!! I got the wifi pcmcia card, ran the cd and
all worked great. how did I get along without it? "Ben Myers" ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net wrote in message news Wifi with XP is pretty easy. Worst case is that you need to install drivers from a CD. Best case is that the wifi PCMCIA card is recognized automatically by XP, and its drivers installed. USB wifi almost always requires a driver CD. Afterward, XP has built-in software to sniff out wireless access points, and connect to them... Ben Myers On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:05:21 GMT, "Alan Johnston" wrote: Makes sense to me. Actually, I put XP Pro Corp in the Armada (* I know that's not ideal because the HD is small and XP is big!!) I DID, however, add some memory to it. Have 192Mb now. It does seem to be a sturdy but heavy laptop. Wireless will give me some mobility around the house. Hope it's fairly easy to set it up wireless after I get the card. I haven't done wireless before with ANYTHING!! Thanks for the info and thoughts. Al "metronid" wrote in message ... Ben so your wife uses a USB wireless. I use a USB on my desktop because it is easily movable if needed. It is nice not having to open and place a card in. Although that is a small doable. USB for a laptop. AS I said you can always use it some where else. Also saves a slot. Drawbacks for USB They project out making an easy break off from unit. Although modern computers have USB powers now through the bios. Theese are designated for simple keyboard and a few others and sometimes a little more. They are different than a floppy which a a single function whose functionality is the same in bios boot as it in Windows Not really OS dependent USB drivers are multi functional and vary from the bios functions extremely The functionality of a USB driver for use as wireless port is not only driver dependent but also OS depenedent. Most USB if not all need WIN98SE or greater. Cards will work on the OS below these for wireless No need to go XP That is the reason I would pick a card. Now if laptops had a USB port that was parallel to the unit where breakage was not a concern and the OS was suitable than the USB would be my choice. "Alan Johnston" wrote in message news:TlD_f.3047$yg2.2014@trndny02... Hey, ok!! Sounds good. So I would look for that specific number card and would just replace the other card with it and load the OS drivers, I assume. And then I'm all set. Thanks a million Al "Ben Myers" ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net wrote in message ... Alan, Your best bet is to replace the 3COM 10/100 PCMCIA card with a 802.11g wifi PCMCIA card with drivers to support the operating system you are using on the Armada. An inferior choice is USB wifi, with a fairly clumsy external setup, altho my wife's notebook uses a Linksys 802.11b USB quite successfully... Ben Myers On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:00:20 GMT, "Alan Johnston" wrote: I have an old Armada 1750 ( which was given to me) and I would like to set it up as a wireless laptop via internet connection with the Westell 327W. Knowing a whole lot more about desktops, I have no idea what it is that I need for this laptop to produce a wireless connection. I have 2 cards: an Adaptec SlimSCSI card in one slot, and a 3 Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN PC card in the other. Is it one of these that I replace with a special wireless card or am I looking at something else that I need to do or replace. Obviously I don't have a clue. Can someone point me in the right direction? I would appreciate it very much. Thanks, Al |
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