802.11g Card Hacking miniHOWTO

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802.11g miniHOWTO OK, theres a lot of people asking what the easiest way to get 802.11g into their laptop without paying Dell etc. This isn't the EASIEST way, but its probably the cheapest. You will need: 1 Netgear WG311 54 Mbps Wireless PCI adapter ($40 @ compusa) 1 Soldering iron Skills to use said soldering iron Willingness to possibly break your laptop. DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU BREAKING YOUR STUFF! 1) The crux of all this is the fact that the above mentioned card (the WG311) is nothing more than a MiniPCI (the kind of wireless card your laptop takes) in soldered onto a PCI card. First, you need to melt the 3 solder points that hold the yellow cover off of the back of the PCB. Remove the cover. 2) Unfortunately, netgear soldered the MiniPCI clips onto the MiniPCI card (probably to prevent people from doing this). You will need to melt these solder points very carefully to loosen them up, and pull away the clips. Be careful not to dislodge or burn any of the components. 3) Install th card into your MiniPCI laptop (i8600 for example). 4) Install latest drivers and firmware. Be happy with your new Atheros 5212 chipset card that supports winderful things like Linux, BSD, 108MBit (in theory).

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Does this card have the correct antenna connectors for the 8600's internal wireless antennas?

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