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Filed under: How-tos, iBook, Mods

How to cram a PCMCIA WiFi card into your iBook

Livejournal user tanais decided that he wanted to get his 700mhz iBook on his wireless network, but didn't want to pay sky-high prices for a discontinued 802.11b card. So, he took a $16 Orinoco Silver PCMCIA card, physically stripped it down to its bare essentials (so that it would fit underneath the iBook's keyboard), wrapped it in electrical tape (for insulation), crammed it into place and what do you know, it worked. Some great photos accompany his article. Well done!

Now for the disclaimer: Kids, don't try this at home.

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Filed under: Accessories, Hardware, Airport, iMac

Extend your wireless range to 1 mile

Let's say, for the sake of argument, that you're a mooch. You don't want to get yourself a wireless set up, and your buddy has agreed to let you hitchhike on his signal. The problem is, he lives two blocks away. No problem, you just need the 27 dBm Transceiver from QuickerTek.

When affixed to your 17-inch iMac G5 1.8GHz, the transceiver extends your airport range to 1 mile. Now you can easily see your friend's signal...as well as every other setup between his house and yours. The 27dBm is Wi-Fi compliant, it supports both 802.11g and 802.11b and works with both Mac OS 9.x and Mac OS 10.x.

Of course, for $200US, you could just buy your own base station, but how are you supposed to snoop on your neighbors with that?

Tip of the Day

To get an instant map to any address, just go to your Address Book and right click on the address field of any one of your contacts and select "Map Of." The address will then be revealed in Google Maps on Safari. You can do the same if a data detector determines there is an address in an e-mail in Mail.


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