On Sun, November 29, 2009 6:34 pm, J R FOX wrote:
> This is a question I've had in mind for a long time, but this
> list should be a much better place to ask than what previously
> turned up in my attempts to research it.
>
> The computers I've been using more than any others, over the
> last few years, are a couple models of the Shuttle XPC series.
> (SFF -- small form factor -- about the size of two shoeboxes,
> stacked.) They each have one free PCI slot, and that's it.
> I could have put conventional wireless NIC cards in, choosing
> ones that were also supported for eCS, but I didn't. In one,
> I reserved that single slot for other use. The other one has
> a higher performance video card that is effectively a "1.5" --
> not the double-wide kind, but still thick enough to compromise
> use of the adjacent PCI slot.
>
> My solution was to use an external, thumb-drive style NIC-stick.
> This gave me very convenient internet access, but only on the
> Dark Side. (I've used different ones -- like from Hawking --
> that were based on Atheros, Broadcom, or Zydax chipsets.) I
> did read my way through those websites that compile the wireless-
> NICs-for-OS/2 info, but what I found there indicated that support
> for this type of NIC under OS/2 | eCS was going to be a non-
> starter. They are apparently a special case that does not fall
> within the umbrella of Genmac. There were some Alpha or Beta
> drivers for Linux in circulation, but that appeared to be as close
> as we could get, i.e. not very. I'm not going to be coding or
> porting any drivers in the forseeable future.
>
> So, I was wondering if anyone on the list might just happen to
> know of some NIC-stick model I'm unaware of, that _has_ been
> made to work under eCS ?
>
>
> Jordan
>
IIRC there are some "wireless adapters" that plug into the Ethernet port
on the computer, the box itself doing the translation from wired network
to WiFi. So long as the onb board LAN is supported by OS/2, then these
units will function perfectly. I forget the manufacturer, but I am sure
someone will be along soon to remind me :)
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