IBM 600 Laptop wireless? (3 Viewers)

[Henry]

I received a 1999 IBM 600 laptop in excellent condition from my grandfather as a present. What would be the most effective way to enable it to go wireless? I would rather not get a card with an antenna, as I already have a card that hooke up to an ethernet cable. are there wirless receivers/antennas that can connect to the laptop via the ethernet cable, or must I get a card? Thanks in advance for any help!

 

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[Martin]

You need a card, yes Unless there's one built in already..

 

[Henry]

ok...how can I make sure the slot works for the card? this is what I'm looking at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...9836-4518554?v=glance&s=electronics&n=1194488

so basically I will have to fill my two PC card slots with two different internet connectors?

 

[Henry]

I also found this: Linksys WUSB11 Wireless-B USB Network Adapter
it connects via the USB port (the laptop has one :LOL: USB port). do you think there is much difference between the speed and antenna range of the two? thanks!

 

[Martin]

++ [ originally posted by HWIENIAWSKI ] ++
ok...how can I make sure the slot works for the card? this is what I'm looking at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...9836-4518554?v=glance&s=electronics&n=1194488

so basically I will have to fill my two PC card slots with two different internet connectors?

Two cards? Ethernet is not built-in or what?

++ [ originally posted by HWIENIAWSKI ] ++
I also found this: Linksys WUSB11 Wireless-B USB Network Adapter
it connects via the USB port (the laptop has one :LOL: USB port). do you think there is much difference between the speed and antenna range of the two? thanks!

usb connected wireless adapter? I never heard of that. Speed wise it wouldn't be impressive because back in 1999 there was only usb 1.1 which is dirt slow by today's standards (1.1MB/s), however wireless networks are not blazing fast in comparison so the bottleneck wouldn't be noticeable with internet usage, it would show when transferring big files on a lan.

For a comparison, usb 1.1 is 1.1MB/s, while wifi card from amazon is 802.11g, which gives 54Mbps ~ 6MB/s. So the fastest you can move files across a local network is 1.1MB/s, roughly 10x slower than a 100mbps wired ethernet.

 

[Henry]

yeah, the speed looks like it would be pretty bad. and no, there isn't a built-in ethernet. rather bare-bones latop, but it's surprisingly nice! I can do some photo editing with the gimp and audio stuff with a ripped version of soundforge, and it works pretty well. so I think I'll go with the card after all. thanks for your help!