[kismac] Re: MAC Spoofing with ibook G3
- From: "N. Karras" <nkarras@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <kismac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 15:42:05 -0500
I would be inclined to agree on about using an Airport card in another
device. I would recommend against it as well. Besides, they don't fit as
far as I know.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Rossberg" <mick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <kismac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:59 AM
Subject: [kismac] Re: MAC Spoofing with ibook G3
: >> The original iBook airport slot will accept a regular PCMCIA card.
: >> That's
: >> one step in the so-called Silver-To-Gold solution, where you turn an
: >> Orinico
: >> 64 bit (Silver) into an Orinoco 128 bit (gold) card via software
: >> update.
: >> However... When such an Orinoco card us inserted, the computer will
: >> only
: >> treat it as an Airport card, since Apple's airport card is
: >> essentially a
: >> Lucent Orinoco card. From what I have read, it will not work with
: >> other
: >> wireless cards even if they do fit.
: >
: > The flipside seems not to be true, e.g. an Airport card in a machine
: > isn't
: > recognized as an Orinoco card.
: >
: > I have an Airport card which is apparently French and thus won't let me
: > use channels 1-9. I thought perhaps I could convince it to take Orinoco
: > firmware since the Mac is uninterested in flash updating it, but no
: > such
: > luck.
:
: I would not do this! The Apple card uses another firmware. It is
: similar but not identical. You will most likely damage your Airport
: Card.
: Apart from this you will need to flash another firmware, than the
: normal (if i recall it right there are three different firmwares in the
: orinoco cards). So you will not be able use some modified Apple
: Upgrade.
:
: mick
:
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