[MLB-WIRELESS] iBook pigtail [WAS] Modifying..., yes it is possible!....

[vak]

Hi David,

Yep, I handmake MC pigtails, so can do all sorts of custom work/mods/etc 
to suit your ibook.

If you could take some photos of the innards (with approximate 
dimensions), it'd give me an idea of the space involved - if I know what 
i'm working with, I can recommend other options to you. I would like to 
see the mac at some point with its covers off - generally laptops don't 
have a lot of wasted space, so routing the cable could be an issue.

Regards,

Vaskos

David Ashburner wrote:

>
> Hi Vak,
>
> Can make pigtails with MC-Card connectors?
>
>> I have modified more than 100 of these cards - it is easy to do as 
>> long as you're reasonably good with a soldering iron and use common 
>> sense. In all the mods I've done, they have been a fixed mod - Ie, 
>> you will lose the functionality of the onboard antennas and hence 
>> lose the ability to use the card indoors without some sort of 
>> external antenna (FYI: The cost of a brand new enterasys card is less 
>> than a proper lucent pigtail for it!!)
>>
>
> I'd rather not mod the card as I would like to switch back to the 
> built in antenna when I have to travel.
>
> My iBook ( Dual USB) has an internal Airport card (not extreme) and 
> dinky built in antenna. While there is great stumbling software for it 
> (kisMAC) , I can't pick up much due to the antenna. Web searches show 
> a mod for later Titanium powerBooks but nothing for this slightly 
> older iBook.
>
> I'm thinking  I should be able to route a cable to the card from the 
> modem port location, so remove the RJ11 connector and "mount" a RP-SMA 
> connector. I supose it would need to have the cable run first then the 
> connectors added on afterwards.
>
> Anyone else tried to solve this problem?
>
> cheers,
> dna
>
>
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