Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:10:56 -0500 From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@glue.umd.edu> To: ben <ben@stonehenge-net.com> Cc: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: internal antenna? (was Re: usb 802.11b working?) Message-ID: <3C20BC10.4A12A0EB@glue.umd.edu> References: <20011219003101.E43410-100000@www>
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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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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