From: Sels, Roger (roger.sels@gov-fbi.net)
Date: Sun Feb 18 2007 - 23:29:11 EST
On Sun, February 18, 2007 3:55 am, kevin horvath wrote:
>>[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 ;-)]
>
> Yeah...i just got a laptop and i didnt get the HP or MAC because I couldnt
> do my wireless testing without a PCMCIA slot. ExpressCard is the next
> thing
> but it doesnt provide any enhancements other than a reduced size. So if
> you
> need to use PCMCIA then return the HP and get another laptop with PCMCIA
> slots instead.
Well, I have to admit when I bought the notebook I quickly asked the sales
rep if it had PCMCIA, which he confirmed.
Technically speaking expresscard is the next-gen pcmcia, so he was kind of
right....
I've solved the problem by getting a second-hand old P3 notebook with 2
pcmcia slots, but still, it would be nice to be able to do wifi tests from
the hp notebook as well.
Maybe my "experience" will serve as a warning to others ;-)
KR
Roger
>
> On 2/16/07, Sels, Roger <roger.sels@gov-fbi.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> --
>> Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it. -
>> Irving Berlin
>>
>>
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