 Smallest (physically) Cf Wifi Card Available?, for SL-C*** |
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 Nov 6 2010, 06:46 PM
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I have a Netgear MA701, a perfectly servicable cf wifi card.
But since I use my cf slot for nothing else, I would prefer to leave my wifi card in all the time. The MA701 protrudes too much to transport the machine safely. I've looked at the hardware wiki, but haven't found a card that might live peacefully in the cf slot without any significant protrusion. Perhaps something with a retractable antenna, something with a structure similar to the old X-Jack PCMCIA modems. Is this possible? Thanks, Jake |
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Nov 8 2010, 01:09 PM
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It's gonna be hard. I don't think anyone makes CF wifi cards anymore. In my personal experience, every smaller CF wifi card I have had (3 of them) has died. I don't know why, they just start loosing connection and can be reconnected if I put pressure on them from underneath for a while and then eventually that doesn't even work.
The only places I can think to find them are places like ebay or some very unknown (untrusted) online vendors. |
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Nov 9 2010, 04:24 AM
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Yes, so far my search has been pretty fruitless. From my HP/C days, there were PCMCIA wifi cards that retracted into the slot. Then again, they were bigger.
Jake |
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Nov 10 2010, 11:14 AM
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Smallest protruberance with a card, is probably (still) the Ambicom series. All others I have stick out more, if only a mm or two.
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Nov 10 2010, 05:37 PM
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QUOTE(deluxe @ Nov 10 2010, 02:14 PM)  Smallest protruberance with a card, is probably (still) the Ambicom series. All others I have stick out more, if only a mm or two. You wouldn't happen to own the Netgear MA701, would you? I'd love to hear an in-the-flesh comparison. I looked at the Ambicom pix on ebay, and Ambicom looks pretty close to the MA701. Jake |
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Nov 10 2010, 06:34 PM
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No, no Netgear.
The other card I have is a Symbol LA-4137. That sticks out about a mm or two more than the Ambicom. |
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Nov 11 2010, 05:26 AM
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Thanks for this info.
Jake |
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