Tri-mode miniPCI?

My wife runs Windows XP on her Toshiba A15-S157 notebook. It came with
a 802.11b card in its mini PCI slot but I'd like to put a tri-mode one
in so she can get to our 802.11a network and, hopefully, any future
802.11g ones - I hope the machine's internal antenna supports that,
but most fairly modern ones do? I run Linux on my Thinkpad with IBM's
Atheros 5212 tri-mode mini PCI card and that works well for me.

What are the chances that I can just switch her card for a tri-mode
card? Any recommendations for cheap cards that come with WinXP
drivers? She won't be needing adhoc mode, if that matters.

-- Mark

I just bought a Dell TrueMobile 1400 miniPCI off ebay and it works well. It
is 802.11a/b/g. Works fine in XP. I was concerned about the antenna issue
since my laptop is a 2yr old Inspiron 8200 designed for "b", but it seems to
work well with the "a" band too. I beleive it is a Broadcom chipset.

This is the guy I picked up mine from: ($79)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=45000

Unfortunately these are not available as an aftermarket part thru Dell
beleive it or not, they are totally clueless. It is impossible to find on
dell.com, but the Dell phone reps can find it if they look hard enough.
They take the order, then cancel the order a week later. "Only available
with a new laptop". Bah. So, Dell doesn't get the money, some guy on ebay
does <sigh>

-- Paul


"Mark Carroll" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:XKi*(E-Mail Removed)...
> My wife runs Windows XP on her Toshiba A15-S157 notebook. It came with
> a 802.11b card in its mini PCI slot but I'd like to put a tri-mode one
> in so she can get to our 802.11a network and, hopefully, any future
> 802.11g ones - I hope the machine's internal antenna supports that,
> but most fairly modern ones do? I run Linux on my Thinkpad with IBM's
> Atheros 5212 tri-mode mini PCI card and that works well for me.
>
> What are the chances that I can just switch her card for a tri-mode
> card? Any recommendations for cheap cards that come with WinXP
> drivers? She won't be needing adhoc mode, if that matters.
>
> -- Mark

"Mark Carroll" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:XKi*(E-Mail Removed)...
> My wife runs Windows XP on her Toshiba A15-S157 notebook. It came with
> a 802.11b card in its mini PCI slot but I'd like to put a tri-mode one
> in so she can get to our 802.11a network and, hopefully, any future
> 802.11g ones - I hope the machine's internal antenna supports that,
> but most fairly modern ones do? I run Linux on my Thinkpad with IBM's
> Atheros 5212 tri-mode mini PCI card and that works well for me.
>
> What are the chances that I can just switch her card for a tri-mode
> card? Any recommendations for cheap cards that come with WinXP
> drivers? She won't be needing adhoc mode, if that matters.
>
> -- Mark

Well were on the topic of Mini PCI. My laptop has a removable modem card I
resume its a Mini PCI. Could I replace this with a wireless card? I never
use the modem but I do have an 802.11b network in the house.

In article <c0nnqs$18h6dj$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Paul Landregan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
(snip)
>Well were on the topic of Mini PCI. My laptop has a removable modem card I
>resume its a Mini PCI. Could I replace this with a wireless card? I never
>use the modem but I do have an 802.11b network in the house.

Does your laptop have a built-in internal antenna? I'm not sure about
all mini PCI wifi cards, but all the ones I've encountered expect such
a thing.

-- mark