[Prism54-users] Wich PCI card contain miniPCI

SeB f4asw@free.fr
Thu, 29 Jan 2004 18:27:08 +0100


Thanks for the advice.
Do you have the FCC ID or any clue on the real
manufacturer for the ALL0271 ?
I found thar PEABIRD WLG-PCI is in fact a ZCOM XG-900.

Seb.


Richard Atterer wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 08:51:49AM +0100, SeB wrote:
> 
>>I am looking for a miniPCI card for my laptop
>>do you know if the PEABIRD WLG-PCI (supported card)
>>is in fact a miniPCI inside a PCI adaptor ?
>>What other brand/model do you know to be like this ?
> 
> 
> My Allnet ALL0271 PCI card has a miniPCI piggybacked on it, below a bit of 
> metal shielding which can be removed without soldering. I don't know 
> whether this card is available outside Germany.
> 
> Before you buy anything, ensure that you laptop has enough room for a
> normal-sized miniPCI card - the Centrino WLAN miniPCI cards are a bit
> smaller than ordinary. Furthermore, the BIOSes of many Centrino notebooks 
> have a list of allowed miniPCI cards, and will refuse to boot if an unknown 
> model is detected. :-/
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>   Richard
>