WRT54GS & PCMCIA Card

I'm currently using the WRT54GS Router with my laptop's built in WiFi and it's seems to be working pretty good for now.  Would I see better results by using the matching PCMCIA card with SpeedBooster?

Having the SpeedBoost Router and SpeedBoost PC Card would NOT make much of a difference?  The Router and Card descriptions indicate a performance increase of up to 35%.

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    Can you post the details of this card?
    Did you contact the PCMCIA card manufacture for support? Maybe there is a new driver release for this card.
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    Good morning. It is my first time on a forum, and my English is poor.
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    > Hello Rasta
    >
    > Sorry but I think that this question should be the
    > right one for PCMCIA producer. Try to visit their
    > support page. Maybe you will find some answers.
    > Believe me on this way it is not easy to say why this
    > happen. Toshiba is maybe responsible for PCMCIA card
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    >
    > Good luck!
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  • PCMCIA card and CF card reader features in HP Envy-15 Notebook

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  • Audigy 2 Z2 Notebook PCMCIA Card cannot install Creative Mediasource 5

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    Message Edited by denb45 on 0-8-2009 06:5 [email protected]

    Thank you for the reply split0,
    as for the informati've post, thank you for the compliment, i tend to not open a thread at all unless i have spent enough time on the problem and searched around enough for solutions, and after that i only post if it has enough info regarding everything in inside the thread.
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    At the moment personally i am thinking the whole problem lies within not being able to uninstall the onboard sound card to full extent somehow, and while i posted here i also have all this info in a direct message sent to creative, and even acer for that matter.
    In hopes of some kind of solution for this so i can keep my hopes up for not having to return the card itself.
    What bugs me is that there is option at all to disable the onboard sound through the bios.
    Because right now whenever i install the ZS notebook card it checks hardware for the onboard first installing it again, then setting priority for the zs notebook.
    This is what seems to result in the crashes through a conflict in drivers in my idea, but thats just a hunch which i cant do anything about currently in regard to testing unless someone has an idea for me to try.
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  • Portege 3480ct: Cannot use the 16bit PCMCIA card

    Hello,
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    From my knowledge you should check the settings in the BIOS!
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  • Firmware for 3Com Bluetooth PCMCIA card

    I've just recieved my new 3com pcmcia bluetooth card (3CRWB6096). According to google it was supposed to work with Linux.
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  • What is a PCMCIA card used for

    A friend keeps asking me what a PCMCIA card is and does she need it and does apple have it. I said its used mainly for laptops? Can someone clarify and is it a good thing to have? I have a G4 quicksilver and may get an Imac but just need to know what this card does. I read somewhere Apple does not have it?

    PMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
    These are cards which add, if you like, an extended function to the computer they are inserted into. A common example was a modem or a netowrk connection. Not all computers have (or need) these.
    Apple's most recent notebook computers, for example the MacBookPro, have a new type of card called the Express/34 card (34mm wide). Old PMCIA cards will not work in this port and the Express/34 cards do not work in older PMCIA ports.
    It is a good thing to have if you need the function.
    The latest iMacs do not have this port, but you would probably never need this anyway.

  • Has anyone gotten the FBUS PCMCIA card to work on a PCI to PCMCIA adapter board?

    I have lots of success with the PCMCIA card in laptop PCMCIA slots, but no luck with the PCMCIA card in a desktop PC with a Quatech PCD-B/PCI-E PCI adapter for PCMCIA boards.  I am thinking that my problem resides with the adapter board but I would like to know if anyone has had success with the FBUS series 2 PCMCIA card with a PCI to PCMCIA adapter.  I got a WinXP SP2 IBM ThinkCentre desktop.  Thanks

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