Wallstreet(II) compatibility check

[theos911]

I was wondering if this wireless card was compatible with a Wallstreet(II)? It simply says PC card, which LEM lists that a wallstreet has two of, but I wanted to make sure before I buy.

Thanks,

Ted

 

[Byrd]

No that's a Mini PCI card (which is as the same suggests - a smaller, pin compatible version of a desktop PCI slot); the Wallstreet does not have this connection. This connector is mainly used in later model PC notebooks, hidden behind a small panel on the underside of the laptop.

What you need is a PCMCIA wireless card (which just to confuse is also called a PC card sometimes), of the Orinoco Gold or Silver variety - there exist third-party drivers to get this card to work under OS 8/9.

JB

 

[theos911]

So this? The best I can tell, they aren't WPA compatible. The intended OS is 10.2, WPA is a must, classic support would be a nice bonus(but from what I've learned WPA and classic don't mix). So, do you know of any of that are Wallstreet, 10.2, and WPA compatible?

 

[MacJunky]

I used to use a version 3 linksys WPC54G in my G3 PB.. but they changed the chipset a couple times so I do not know what versions exactly are compatible... That card worked with Mac OS X's airport drivers because it had the same or compatible broadcom chipset that airport extreme cards use, but only Mac OS X. I never used 10.2 on that PDQ, only 10.3 and 10.4.

Also, IIRC PCMCIA = 16bit, CardBus = 32bit. You want a CardBus card because I do not know if they made 802.11G PCMCIA cards.. but people interchange those names all the time anyway.. and they are more or less the same thing... so.... *shrug*(both fall under the "PCCard" designation as far as I am aware).

I could be wrong.

If you do try getting one make sure that you can verify what version it is(listed on the back) and make sure you install all the airport updates as well. Though, I do not know what airport updates exists for 10.2, I just remember that in 10.3 I needed to get a small one for my card to work. (actually a bigish one, then I was allowed to install a small one)

 

[theos911]

It appears 10.3 is the breaking point for wpa support at all. So, I'll broaden my request to PCMCIA/Cardbus(Wallstreet Compatible), 10.3(but 10.2 would be handy), and WPA support. BTW- Does 10.3 have WPA2 support in addition to WPA or just the WPA?

 

[LCGuy]

10.3 only supports WPA...I don't think WPA2 support showed up until 10.4 or perhaps even 10.5.

 

[ClassicHasClass]

You could also hotwire a WPA2-capable game adaptor to the unit. bbraun did one for his Blackbird, and I have one attached to my TiBook. Mine takes power from the FireWire port and connects to the Ethernet. That will work with anything, including OS 9 and earlier.

 

[MacJunky]

I am actually very certain that I was using WPA2 with my card in 10.3. Also 10.4 once I got around to getting the 10.4 CDs.

 

[Strimkind]

So this? The best I can tell, they aren't WPA compatible. The intended OS is 10.2, WPA is a must, classic support would be a nice bonus(but from what I've learned WPA and classic don't mix). So, do you know of any of that are Wallstreet, 10.2, and WPA compatible?

If you use the right driver and Wireless card you can do WEP, but due to the age of the Wallstreet, WPA would not be an option. By the time WPA came to being, the market for Apple supported PC Card Wireless cards had dropped off the edge of the planet, so I highly doubt there are any PC Cards that support OSX and WPA.

 

[MacJunky]

strim, that is why you have to use stuff with broadcom chipsets with airport extreme drivers, and if he has a USB pccard, stuff with ralink chipsets that have drivers for OS X.(very very shitty ones, but they .. sometimes.. do not totally screw your network and cause kernel panics... sometimes.

I bet there are USB broadcom based things that may work as well, but I do not have facts to back that specific situation up.

Seriously, in 10.3 with up to date airport software you are laughing with an airport extreme compatible card.

 

[theos911]

You could also hotwire a WPA2-capable game adaptor to the unit. bbraun did one for his Blackbird, and I have one attached to my TiBook. Mine takes power from the FireWire port and connects to the Ethernet. That will work with anything, including OS 9 and earlier.

I'm currently doing that for my Duo 2300c(wish me luck that I win the auction on the asante netdock). However, that is my default backup plan. As for the wallstreet itself, it appears 10.2 and 10.3 have almost identical system reqs, so I might as well use 10.3 since I intend to take it to 512 anyway. This from apple seems to be what 10.3 needs for wpa2, or it is an upgrade for airport base station software, the wording is kind of confusing.

 

[theos911]

Would this work? I looked it up and the chipset appears to be RT2860, which ralink has drivers for mac 10.3/4/5 . It is b/g/n-draft compatible and supports wpa and wpa2.

"An empty PCMCIA type II slot (CardBus Compatible)" is the only thing, as I'm not sure the exact slot on a wallstreet. I recall hearing the "wallstreet and up" are cardbus compatible, but I want to make sure.

If this will work, I think it is exactly what I am looking for.

 

[LCGuy]

That should work fine, Wallstreet was the first PowerBook to have a full CardBus compliant slot. (2400, 3400 and Kanga can take CardBus cards, but either the cage or the cards must be modified first)

 

[theos911]

Alright then, once I am sure my wallstreet is actually coming; I'll go ahead and snag that.(16$ )

 

[theos911]

Alright then, once I am sure my wallstreet is actually coming; I'll go ahead and snag that.(16$ )

I get home, and the card has sold... xx( xx(

 

[theos911]

Sometimes my edit button is there... and sometimes it isn't

Anyway, I found this, which according to this has a rt2561, which is ralinks other cardbus chipset and also supported in 10.3/4/5 . No n-draft support, but it does have wpa/2, which is the main thing.

And this time, there are 40 of them. }