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Tedward · 09-07-2003

If you use WinDoze (and, yes, I must <g>!), you can make two Hardware profiles with each card. You'll get a menu when NT/XP boot, asking which card you'd like to use. It can also be set for xx number of seconds to default to specific card.

This way, you can use your built-in WiFi at HotSpots, when you really don't need an antenna; then switch over to your favorite PCMCIA card (TM 1150?) to use an external antenna. Since one card is 'off' and one 'on', depending on which profile you pick, they won't interfere with each other.

I'm sure there's a way to do this through Linux as well.

It works for me!
HTH!
TW

09-07-2003	#4 (permalink)
Tedward Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 11	Hardware profiles If you use WinDoze (and, yes, I must <g>!), you can make two Hardware profiles with each card. You'll get a menu when NT/XP boot, asking which card you'd like to use. It can also be set for xx number of seconds to default to specific card. This way, you can use your built-in WiFi at HotSpots, when you really don't need an antenna; then switch over to your favorite PCMCIA card (TM 1150?) to use an external antenna. Since one card is 'off' and one 'on', depending on which profile you pick, they won't interfere with each other. I'm sure there's a way to do this through Linux as well. It works for me! HTH! TW Last edited by Tedward : 09-07-2003 at 07:24 PM.