From: Sels, Roger (roger.sels@gov-fbi.net)
Date: Fri Feb 16 2007 - 00:11:17 EST
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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