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RedGTiVR6 · 07-07-2006, 12:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ppgt94

My old Lucent USB Wifi AP actually had a USB PCMCIA adapter inside the plastic case with a Orinoco silver plugged into it. I replaced the silver PCMCIA inside with the gold version and added an external antenna. Worked great for a while until I bent the pins and broke a few. I searched for another like adapter but eventually gave up and decided just to mod my antenna plug to fit my Netgear PCI 802.11g card and use that. If you can't find a seperate dongle your best bet might be on one of those Lucent/Orinoco/Proxim USB APs on ebay. You can replace the PCMCIA card with one of your liking, like I did. I made a post about it back in '04 where there's a little more info

Here's what they look like inside:

source - more info

Let me know if you ever find some off-the-shelf adapter for this.

again, this is NOT for wi-fi - it's for the cell phone access anywhere broad band cards.

07-07-2006, 12:53 PM	#7
RedGTiVR6 _ RedGTiVR6's CarPC Specs Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Little Elm, Texas Vehicle: VW GTi VR6 / Ducati 900 SS & S4R / Dakota R/T Supercharged Posts: 13,288 My Photos: ()	Quote: Originally Posted by ppgt94 My old Lucent USB Wifi AP actually had a USB PCMCIA adapter inside the plastic case with a Orinoco silver plugged into it. I replaced the silver PCMCIA inside with the gold version and added an external antenna. Worked great for a while until I bent the pins and broke a few. I searched for another like adapter but eventually gave up and decided just to mod my antenna plug to fit my Netgear PCI 802.11g card and use that. If you can't find a seperate dongle your best bet might be on one of those Lucent/Orinoco/Proxim USB APs on ebay. You can replace the PCMCIA card with one of your liking, like I did. I made a post about it back in '04 where there's a little more info Here's what they look like inside: source - more info Let me know if you ever find some off-the-shelf adapter for this. again, this is NOT for wi-fi - it's for the cell phone access anywhere broad band cards. __________________ Jan Bennett FS: VW MKIV Bezel for 8" Lilliput - 95% Finished PLEASE do NOT PM/Email/IM me asking me to spoon feed you. Please post on the forums! Chances are, someone else has or will have the same questions.