From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <38B47631.6FE88852@erols.com> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:07:13 -0500 From: Nelson Abramson MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Bethe CC: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: PowerMac G4 and pcmcia flash cards References: <20000223221352.14256.qmail@web1005.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Dan Bethe wrote: > I don't know yet if we can buy something OTHER than airport, that is > compatible with airport. Or if we have to have macs and airport bases > in order to use an airport lan. The airport is compatible with (atleast) the Lucent 3mbit/s wireless network. Lucent sells pc cards that will fit in powerbooks (and non-apple portables) that will work w/ the airport, but only at speeds up to 3mbit/s. I imagine that other products are also compatible.. > Do you know what the feasability is of Linux support of Apple's > Airport bases and Airport cards? I imagine fairly possible...I would guess that with the release of mosX and the bsd device drivers for the airport, porting them to *nix would be pretty easy (hopefully).... HTH --Nelson Abramson -- Shouldn't people be arrested and persecuted for engaging in their constitutional rights? http://www.opendvd.org ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/