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Sonnet unveils 802.11g wireless PC Card

updated 01:10 am EDT, Thu September 4, 2003

 
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Sonnet Technologies has announced the , a CardBus adapter that provides 802.11g wireless networking for certain PowerBooks. The Aria extreme is compatible with Apple's Airport Extreme Base Station as well as other 802.11g base stations and is also backwards-compatible with previous 802.11b Wi-Fi network devices; it supports both 64-bit and 128-bit WEP encryption and requires Mac OS X 10.2.6 with AirPort 3.1 software. It will ship in mid-September for $80.


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    09/04, 02:50am | report spam | Reply |

    Internal AirPort?

    When someone will release an internal card that offers 801.11g and replaces the original apple airport card.. i have to have a card sticking out of the CardBus slot while i have internal antennas and all...

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    09/04, 02:53am | report spam | Reply |

    Sorry guys ...

    Come back when you've got an INTERNAL card. What's the point of a slick laptop if you have to have a frickin' dongle/slab sticking out of it??

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    09/04, 04:14am | report spam | Reply |

    Wow .. your harsh ...

    I think we might be a little more positive that someone provides backward support for this, since Apple dropped the ball. Look on the bright side ... maybe this will really give 50m range, finally, instead of the 10-15m I get in my Ti. Sheesh ...

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    09/04, 09:14am | report spam | Reply |

    Internal is Impossible

    The airport internal slot isn't fast enough for 801.11g, you wouldn't get 54 Mbps with it. That's why Apple dropped the ball.

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    09/04, 09:27am | report spam | Reply |

    Airport is the best

    I use it in my home in a 1ghz Tibook and It works all over the house. Too bad it's not working for you guys. You guys must suck in some way for the God of all things Mac to passover you like this.

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    09/04, 11:16am | report spam | Reply |

    I don't think so...

    I doubt that the internal slot can't handle 54mbps because it is slow,, from what i know , the airport card is an ide device.. i'll check into my powerbook developers docs.

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    09/04, 12:26pm | report spam | Reply |

    Internal not impossible

    It's just that everyone seems to think users don't care if they don't get the theoretical maximum. They're wrong.

    I'm still waiting...

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    09/04, 03:55pm | report spam | Reply |

    Re:Sorry guys

    Get used to disappointment.

    The original AirPort internal connector doesn't have enough bandwidth to support 802.11g. Which is why the new bus for AirPort Extreme.

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