Hi, I'm not sure how "old' is your laptop or whether it has a 32bit or 16 bit pcmcia card slot. I just got a wireless card - netgear Ma401 802.11b 16bit which works Great on my Dell D600 running RH9 (the intel wireless centrino card can't work in linux) it uses the proxim/intersil chipset. Kernel recognises it. The card also works in my Old Pentium (just pentium) 166 MMX but I've only tried running it on WIndows and not Linux. But judging that it will work in my new laptop, and it can fit into the old, my guess it that it's not problem. (32 bit cards can't fit into older 16bit card slots like in my 166MMX) FYI.. Cheers, Mun Heng, Ow H/M Engineering Western Digital M'sia DID : 03-7870 5168 -----Original Message----- From: Robert L Cochran [mailto:cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:44 AM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Adding Wireless Capability To Old Sony Notebook After giving one of my kids a new notebook with Intel Centrino stuff powering it, I'm now hooked on wireless. However, the lucky recipient is at university now, so I don't have access to the Centrino machine. I have an old, slow, snail-like Sony Vaio PCG-F350 notebook that I'd like to add wiress internet capability to. The catch is, it runs Red Hat 9 in text mode (Runlevel 3, and I guess I can try running startx.) Question 1 -- what equipment do I need to gift the machine with wireless internet Question 2 -- has anyone tried connecting to a T-Mobile Hotspot using a text browser like Lynx. (I want to test it at a Starbucks Coffee.) Thanks Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
