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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:10:56 -0500
From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu>
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Subject: Re: internal antenna?  (was Re: usb 802.11b working?)
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ben wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> 
> >
> > While being at it:
> >
> > When I bought my Dell Inspiron 8000 the sales person said something
> > like the antenna for wireless operation was already built in or
> > provided.
> <snip>
> > Is there something like 'internal antennas' in notebook computers?
> 
> well, if apple can do it, so can dell, right?  my c600 has nothing like
> this, and i imagine that you'd need a special card (just as you do with
> apple).  maybe he meant for bluetooth?

I have a C800 with a builtin antenna for 802.11. You have to get the miniPCI
card option for it, the antenna doesn't work with PCCARDs. I like this option a
lot, its better than fidling with a seperate card, but the downside is that you
can't get the internal ethernet/modem at the same time. So if you need both
wireless and wired access you're going to need a seperate PCCARD either way.

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