Need help with a weird conversion from mac to windows! Crazy!

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Nate2023@gmail.com - 25 Aug 2006 06:05 GMT

I would like to try to Use an Apple Airport wireless Card on a windows
XP pro laptop, i could not find any software to use it on my windows
machine, i was wondering if anyone had a solution to this, i know i
could just use my other linksys or Orinico car but i would like to say
that i got this to work, any help would be nice, Right now when i put
the card in it says PCMCIA MTD-0002 (or something like that!).
~nate

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Mat Cvetic - 25 Aug 2006 13:20 GMT

> I would like to try to Use an Apple Airport wireless Card on a windows
> XP pro laptop, i could not find any software to use it on my windows
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> the card in it says PCMCIA MTD-0002 (or something like that!).
> ~nate

I think even if you got software to drive it, the hardware wouldn't
work. The Airport cards have a jack on the end for an external antenna
-- it plugs in to the antenna that's integrated into your iBook,
PowerMac, whatever. I would guess that your Windows laptop doesn't have
that, or if it does, it wouldn't have the right connector.

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Bill - 25 Aug 2006 14:01 GMT

> > I would like to try to Use an Apple Airport wireless Card on a windows
> > XP pro laptop, i could not find any software to use it on my windows
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> PowerMac, whatever. I would guess that your Windows laptop doesn't have
> that, or if it does, it wouldn't have the right connector.

if your Windows laptop has a card slot, you may be able to get a
wireless card for it.

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TKnTexas - 29 Aug 2006 01:35 GMT

While you could probably get a PCCard designed for XP to work on a Mac,
I doubt the reverse would be true. I just don't see MS XP being THAT
friendly. I would get a XP specific PCCard for your laptop.
TK

> > > I would like to try to Use an Apple Airport wireless Card on a windows
> > > XP pro laptop, i could not find any software to use it on my windows
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> if your Windows laptop has a card slot, you may be able to get a
> wireless card for it.

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John Proctor - 29 Aug 2006 09:29 GMT

Really simple (I think)....

1. Find a friend with an Intel Mac
2. Download Bootcamp 1.1
3. Create a drivers CD
4. Update the XP driver with the Airport extreme driver

That should work as PCMCIA I/F is the buffer between the card and the laptop.

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Mac Forum / General / Networking / August 2006

Need help with a weird conversion from mac to windows! Crazy!