Re: [NTLK] two questions

The WEP limitations of a silver card could be over ridden with firmware, I do not believe the Bronze card coule be upgraded to support WEP but I may be wrong.

Thomas Brand (T2)

>>> No, though the Lucent Card is seen as an Airport Card when used in a
>>> PowerBook Pismo the rever regarding a Airport Card in a Newton is not
>>> functional unfortunately.

>> Hmm. According to Wikipedia, they are the same card:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirPort#AirPort_Cards
>>
>> AirPort 802.11b Card
>>
>> The original model, known as simply AirPort Card was a re-branded
>> Lucent WaveLAN Bronze PC card, in a modified housing that lacked the
>> integrated antenna. It was designed to be capable of being user-
>> installable.

>> ...of course that part about lacking an integrated antenna sort of
>> puts a damper on things, doesn't it?
>
>The part where Wikipedia is wrong also put a damper on it. The
>bronze card didn't support WEP, while the Apple airport card
>supported 128 bit WEP. So if anything it was a Gold card.
>
>Marty

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