PCMCIA 802.11b cards wich can be used as an alternative for "Airport" cards
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2Wire Wireless PC Card ??? Yes ??? ???
AboveCable ACPC2010-11/PCMCIA Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Accton AC-EW 3101 11 Mbps Cheetah Wireless PC Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Addtron AWP-100 IEEE 802.11 DS 11Mbps PCMCIA Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Agere Systems Orinoco Gold (not 8420-wd) ??? Yes ??? ???
Agere Systems Orinoco Gold (8420-wd) N/a No N/a N/a
Agere Systems Orinoco Silver (not 8421-wd) ??? Yes ??? ???
Agere Systems Orinoco Silver (8421-wd) N/a No N/a N/a
Alvarion BreezeNET PC-DS.11b ??? Yes ??? ???
AmbiCom Wave2Net IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN PC Card (WL1100B-PC) ??? Yes ??? ???
AmbiCom Wave2Net IEEE 802.11b Wireless CompactFlash Card (WL1100B-CF) ??? Yes ??? ???
AmbiCom Wave2Net IEEE 802.11b Wireless CompactFlash Card (WL1100C-CF) ??? Yes ??? ???
Asante FriendlyNET AeroLAN (AL1011 Rev A) ??? Yes ??? ???
Asante FriendlyNET AeroLAN (AL1011 Rev B) ??? Yes ??? ???
Asante FriendlyNET AeroLAN (AL1011-DP) ??? Yes ??? ???
Asante FriendlyNET AeroLAN (AL1011-FR) ??? Yes ??? ???
Asante FriendlyNET AeroLAN (AL1211-DP) ??? Yes ??? ???
Avaya Wireless PC Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Belkin Wireless Notebook Network Card (some, Prism based) ??? Yes ??? ???
Belkin Wireless Notebook Network Card (some, Atmel based) N/a No N/a N/a
Belkin 54G pcmcia ??? ??? Yes ???
BenQ AWL100 ??? Yes ??? ???
Cisco ◦ Aironet 340 PC Card N/a No N/a N/a
Cisco ◦ Aironet 350 PC Card N/a No N/a N/a
Compex iWavePort WL11A ??? Yes ??? ???
Compaq iPAQ 11 Mbps Wireless PC Card (HNW-100) ??? Yes ??? ???
Compaq WL100 Wireless PC Card_ ??? Yes ??? ???
Compaq WL110 Wireless PC Card ??? Yes ??? ???
D-Link 11 Mbps Wireless CF Card (DCF-650W) ??? Yes ??? ???
D-Link 11 Mbps PC Card Wireless Adapter (DWL-650) ??? Remark #2 ??? ???
D-Link D-LinkAir 2.4GHZ Wireless Cardbus Adapter (DWL-650) N/a No N/a N/a
D-Link Wireless 2.4GHz CompactFlash Adapter (DCF-660W) ??? Yes ??? ???
D-Link D-LinkAir 2.4GHz High-Performance Wireless PC Card (DWL-650H) N/a No N/a N/a
D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G High-Speed 2.4GHz Wireless Cardbus Adapter (DWL-G650) N/a No N/a N/a
Dell Truemobile 1150 mini-PCI Wireless PCMCIA Nic Card for Notebooks ??? Yes Yes No
Digicom Palladio Wave PC Card (8E4084) ??? Yes ??? ???
Edimax EW-7103PC Wireless Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Elecom Air@Hawk LD-WL11/PCC ??? Yes ??? ???
ELSA AirLancer MC-11 ??? Yes ??? ???
ELSA Vianect WLAN MC-11 ??? Yes ??? ???
EnGenius EL-2011 CD Wireless PCMCIA Card ??? Yes ??? ???
EnGenius EL-2511 CD Plus Wireless PCMCIA Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Enterasys/Cabletron ◦ 11 Mbps High Speed Radio Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Enterasys/Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS ??? Yes ??? ???
Hamlet PCMCIA Wireless 802.11b (HNWP100) ??? Yes ??? ???
HP ◦ 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card hn220w ??? Yes ??? ???
HP ◦ WL110 Wireless PC Card ??? Yes ??? ???
IBM High Rate Wireless LAN PC Card 128 (09N9904) CE 0122 No N/a Yes No
IBM High Rate Wireless LAN PC Card 128 CE 0889 No N/a Yes Yes
Intel PRO/Wireless 2011 No N/a Yes Yes
IO Data WN-B11/PCM ??? Yes ??? ???
IO Data WN-B11/PCMH ??? Yes ??? ???
KRONE Communications Limited AirLAN 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card (6462 2 119-00) ??? Yes ??? ???
Linksys ◦ WPC11 Instant Wireless Network PC Card (versions 1.0, 2.5, and 3.0) ??? Yes ??? ???
Linksys ◦ WPC11 Instant Wireless Network PC Card (versions 4.0) N/a No N/a N/a
Linksys ◦ WPC54G Wireless-G PC Card for Notebooks N/a No N/a N/a
Lucent ◦ WaveLAN Gold* ??? Yes ??? ???
Lucent ◦ WaveLAN Silver* ??? Yes ??? ???
Lucent ◦ WaveLAN Bronze* ??? Yes ??? ???
Microsoft Broadband Wireless Notebook Adapter (MN-520) ??? Yes ??? ???
Melco/Buffalo Wireless 11 Mbps Wireless LAN AirStation CompactFlash Card (WLI-CF-S11G) ??? Yes ??? ???
Melco/Buffalo Wireless 11 Mbps Wireless LAN AIRCONNECT PC Card (WLI-PCM-L11) ??? Yes ??? ???
Melco/Buffalo Wireless 11 Mbps Wireless LAN AIRCONNECT PC Card (WLI-PCM-L11G) ??? Yes ??? ???
Melco/Buffalo Wireless 11 Mbps Wireless LAN AirStation PC Card (WLI-PCM-L11GP) ??? Yes ??? Remark #1
Melco/Buffalo Wireless AirStation 54Mbps Wireless CardBus (WLI-CB-G54) N/a No N/a N/a
Milan ShAir Office 11Mbps PCMCIA Client Adapter (MIL-1897) ??? Yes ??? ???
MMC Technology Wavecast (MW-1000PCM) ??? Yes ??? ???
NEC Aterm WL11C (PC-WL/11C) ??? Yes ??? ???
Netgear ◦ MA401 ??? Yes ??? ???
Netgear ◦ MA401RA ??? Yes ??? ???
Nokia C110 Wireless LAN Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Nokia C111 Wireless LAN Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Q-tech (unknown type) ??? ??? ??? No
Panasonic 802.11b Wireless LAN Card (CF-VWLS071U) ??? Yes ??? ???
Persol Wireless LAN PC Card (PBW001) ??? Yes ??? ???
Planex Communications GW-CF11H ??? Yes ??? ???
Proxim/Farallon Skyline 802.11b PC Card for Notebooks ??? Yes ??? ???
Proxim ORiNOCO 11a/b/g ComboCard N/a No N/a N/a
Proxim ORiNOCO 11b/g PC Card N/a No N/a N/a
Proxim ORiNOCO 11b Client Gold PC Card (8420-wd) N/a No N/a N/a
Proxim ORiNOCO 11b Client Silver PC Card (8421-wd) N/a No N/a N/a
Samsung MagicLAN SWL-2100N ??? Yes ??? ???
Samsung MagicLAN SWL-2000N ??? Yes ??? ???
Senao SL-2511 CD Plus Wireless PCMCIA Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Siemens SpeedStream Wireless PCMCIA Card (SS1021) (not CardBus) ??? Yes ??? ???
Siemens SpeedStream Wireless CardBus Card N/a No N/a N/a
Sitecom Wireless Network PC Card (WL-002) ??? Yes ??? ???
Sitecom WL Network PC Card -11Mbps (WL-011) N/a No N/a N/a
SMC EliteConnect 2.4GHz 802.11b High Power Wirless PC Card (SMC2532W-B) ??? Yes ??? Remark #3
SMC EZ Connect 11Mbps Wireless PC Card (SMC2632W) (not v2/v3) ??? Yes ??? Remark #3
SMC EZ Connect 11Mbps Wireless PC Card (SMC2632W v2) N/a No N/a N/a
SMC EZ Connect 11Mbps Wireless PC Card (SMC2632W v.3) N/a No N/a N/a
Sony AIBO Wirless LAN Card (ERA-201D1) ??? Yes ??? ???
Sony VAIO Wireless LAN Card (PCWA-C100) ??? Yes ??? ???
Sony VAIO 2.4GHz Wireless LAN PC Card (PCWA-C150S) ??? Yes ??? ???
Telekom T-Sinus 130 Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Toshiba Wireless LAN PC Card ??? Yes ??? ???
Uniden Evolo PCW-300 Wireless 802.11b PCMCIA Card ??? Yes ??? ???
US Robotics 11 Mbps Wireless Access PC Card ??? Yes ??? ???
USR 805410 802.11g Wireless Turbo PC Card N/a No N/a N/a
Yamaha Wireless LAN Card YML-11B5 ??? Yes ??? ???
Z-Com XI-300 IEEE 802.11(b) PCMCIA card ??? Yes ??? ???
Z-Com XI-300B IEEE 802.11(b) PCMCIA card ??? Yes ??? ???
Zcomax XI-325H ??? Yes ??? ???
Zoom ZoomAir PC Card with Internal Antenna Model 4100 ??? Yes ??? ???
ZyXEL ZyAIR 100 ??? Yes ??? ???
         
Remarks :        
GENERAL REMARK: I do not guarantee that the information on this pages is correct. So if you buy a PCMCIA card and it      
doesn't work: Please don't blame me, but inform me, so I can correct the information and other people can use your experience!    
#1: Antenne has to be sawed of to fit!!        
#2: D-Link uses the same model number for cards with different chipsets. I/O experts supports only one of them        
#3: One SMC card was tried but it was to big.        
         
         
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