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Re: Connecting Skydigibox to WLAN?
- To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: Connecting Skydigibox to WLAN?
- From: Nick Austin <nick1@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:46:12 +0100
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At 12:21 PM 4/21/03 +0100, Marc Musgrove wrote:
> Just got an Amstrad Skydigibox and noticed there's a PCMCIA slot on
the
> back - putting an 802.11b wireless LAN card into it doesn't seem to
blow
> it up, but just wondering if anyone has worked out how to 'install'
the
> software needed to get a connection established to a wireless access
> point (Dlink AP connected to DSL router).
It's not PCMCIA. It's a Sky proprietary connector that is just called
a "High Speed Digital Interface" in the Service Manual. The
pin-outs
are similar but several signals that a PCMCIA card requires are missing.
The only successful use for this connector that I am aware of is to
extract an unencrypted transport stream.
> Can create an ad-hoc connection to the card in the machine and a PC
can
> see a good signal, but obviously can't work out whether it has an IP
> address or not...
The card will be powered but not initialised. There's nothing it can
usefully do.
Nick.
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