Can I use a PCI to Cardbus adapter ?

I use a cardbus with my laptop that I like a lot.. Can I just put this
in one of those adapters they sell on ebay so I can use it with my
desktop PC? I want all of the programs to work on my PC that work on
my laptop with the card. Has anyone else done this?

This is what I'm looking at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PCMCIA-CARDB...QQcmdZViewItem


Thanks,
Tom King
San Diego, CA

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:03:13 -0700, in alt.internet.wireless , Tom
kingman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I use a cardbus with my laptop that I like a lot.. Can I just put this
>in one of those adapters they sell on ebay so I can use it with my
>desktop PC?

Possibly. I've heard tell however that many such adapters tend to work
only with a PC card from the same maker.

>I want all of the programs to work on my PC that work on
>my laptop with the card. Has anyone else done this?

Sorry, no, I found it much simpler to buy a cheapo USB dongle wireless
adapter, which also works much better for a desktop as you can
position it somewhere with good signal, as opposed to being at the
back of a metal box pressed up against the wall...
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:03:13 -0700, Tom kingman <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I use a cardbus with my laptop that I like a lot.. Can I just put this
>in one of those adapters they sell on ebay so I can use it with my
>desktop PC? I want all of the programs to work on my PC that work on
>my laptop with the card. Has anyone else done this?
>
>This is what I'm looking at:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PCMCIA-CARDB...QQcmdZViewItem

Yes. I'm not sure about that particular model, but I have used such
PCI to cardbus/PCMCIA adapters for running laptop cards in desktops
without much problem. I haven't done it this way for quite a while,
but I do know of several working installations that use such adapters.
The adapter you mentioned uses a Richoh R5C485 chipset which requires
no driver installation as support is built into XP. It should work.

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Tom kingman wrote:
> I use a cardbus with my laptop that I like a lot.. Can I just put this
> in one of those adapters they sell on ebay so I can use it with my
> desktop PC? I want all of the programs to work on my PC that work on
> my laptop with the card. Has anyone else done this?
>
> This is what I'm looking at:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-PCMCIA-CARDB...QQcmdZViewItem
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tom King
> San Diego, CA
>
Hi,
make sure they are compatible. Once I used Lucent Adapter with an
Orinoco card without problem.
Tony