Re: Expresscard/54 vs PCMCIA: WiFi

["Sels, Roger" <roger.sels () gov-fbi net>]

On Sun, February 18, 2007 3:55 am, kevin horvath wrote:
> > [On a sidenote, I called up HP to see if I could replace the ExpressCard
> > bus by a pcmcia bus in any way, but they just told me to get a different
> > brand of notebook if I really need pcmcia to work ;-)]
>
> Yeah...i just got a laptop and i didnt get the HP or MAC because I couldnt
> do my wireless testing without a PCMCIA slot.  ExpressCard is the next
> thing
> but it doesnt provide any enhancements other than a reduced size.  So if
> you
> need to use PCMCIA then return the HP and get another laptop with PCMCIA
> slots instead.

Well, I have to admit when I bought the notebook I quickly asked the sales
rep if it had PCMCIA, which he confirmed.
Technically speaking expresscard is the next-gen pcmcia, so he was kind of
right....

I've solved the problem by getting a second-hand old P3 notebook with 2
pcmcia slots, but still, it would be nice to be able to do wifi tests from
the hp notebook as well.

Maybe my "experience" will serve as a warning to others ;-)

KR

Roger


> On 2/16/07, Sels, Roger <roger.sels () gov-fbi net> wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > My turn to ask a question. I come to you, as the question seems too
> > specific "for google" alone ;)
> >
> > My brand new portable (a HP Pavillion DV9064ae) didn't come with a
> > PCMCIA-bus but with an ExpressCard/54 one, which is set to become the
> > next
> > generation PCMCIA-bus. While evolution might be a good thing, today my
> > new
> > Ubiquity SRC PCMCIA WiFi NIC arrived and hence we get to my question:
> > how
> > should I try to connect it to this laptop?
> >
> > I've found some pcmcia-to-usb converters, though either they are made
> > specifically for PCMCIA modem cards (3G mostly) or the specifications
> > are
> > so vague that well...it might just work or it might just not work. Then
> > I'm not even contemplating the feasibility of getting the "emulated"
> > pcmciabus to be detected in a linux system (such as Back|track) and do
> > packet injection using my card.
> >
> > For an example of such a pcmcia-to-usb adapter click:
> > http://www.elandigitalsystems.com/usb/u111.php
> >
> > So, has anyone on the list tried this before? What were the results ?
> > What
> > do you expect?
> >
> > [On a sidenote, I called up HP to see if I could replace the ExpressCard
> > bus by a pcmcia bus in any way, but they just told me to get a different
> > brand of notebook if I really need pcmcia to work ;-)]
> >
> > Any feedback is most welcome.
> >
> > Thank,
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > P.S. I've found 1 (!) pcmcia-to-expresscard conversion card so far
> > -which
> > ultimately looks like a better solution than going over USB- but which
> > also is currently still "in test". And will require a different driver.
> > The chance to get it up and running in linux "out-of-the-box" seems
> > slim.
> > http://www.duel-systems.com/products/adapters.aspx
> >
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> >
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