PC Card size/lenght

[Alpha One]

I can insert two pc-cards into my lap-top Dell Inspiron 8200. I have a
wireless Netgear pc card in one slot. I want to install another one with two
USB ports. The problem is that they won't fit together. They are thicker at
the end. Is there a model that can solve this?

Thank you

 

[Noozer]

I can insert two pc-cards into my lap-top Dell Inspiron 8200. I have a
wireless Netgear pc card in one slot. I want to install another one with
two USB ports. The problem is that they won't fit together. They are
thicker at the end. Is there a model that can solve this?

I had no luck locating any, so I finally picked up a real cheap 4 port USB
card and cracked it open... I now have four nice shiny USB ports hanging of
an ugly card with dangly cables.

 

[kony]

I had no luck locating any, so I finally picked up a real cheap 4 port USB
card and cracked it open... I now have four nice shiny USB ports hanging of
an ugly card with dangly cables.

.... or just get a USB wifi card to replace the PC card.

 

[Gerard Bok]

I can insert two pc-cards into my lap-top Dell Inspiron 8200. I have a
wireless Netgear pc card in one slot. I want to install another one with two
USB ports. The problem is that they won't fit together. They are thicker at
the end. Is there a model that can solve this?

No.
Your laptop likely accomodates either 2 type I cards or 1 type II
or type III.
Both a network card and a USB card require type II at least.
(That's by design, you hardly get more functionality than just
plain memory in a type I card.)

Maybe Dell (or someone else) can supply you with an internal wifi
retrofit ?

 

[Noozer]

... or just get a USB wifi card to replace the PC card.

Kinda hard to find a gigabit wifi card! : )

 

[kony]

Kinda hard to find a gigabit wifi card! : )

Yep, but you can have USB-Gigabit-ethernet... though not
"really" gigabit since that's impossible over USB2, but I'd
suspect it's still a bit faster that USB-100Mb.

http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=281799

I probably wouldn't bother though, to me 802.11g is the
sweet spot for a notebook, as even if you go with 11n you
can't expect any place outside your own lan to support more
than 11g.