{"id":1149,"date":"2006-05-15T11:28:42","date_gmt":"2006-05-15T11:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harry.sufehmi.com\/archives\/2006-05-15-1149\/"},"modified":"2006-05-15T11:28:42","modified_gmt":"2006-05-15T11:28:42","slug":"netvision-wifi-card-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harry.sufehmi.com\/archives\/2006-05-15-netvision-wifi-card-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NetVision wifi card"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’ve got a wifi PCMCIA card (brand: Netvision) that I bought more than a year ago, but have never been used (since Nokia 9500 already got wifi capability). However, last weekend I needed a fast Internet connection on my laptop when I was on Menara Peninsula hotel. Noticing that I was in a hotspot zone, finally I got to use this. The card’s FCC ID is PQP-WP288P.<\/p>\n
I realized that I forgot to brought the driver with me, and the laptop has been reinstalled without that driver. Then I found out that the driver for this bloody card is almost impossible to find \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Finally I managed to find it, so here it is: There are also several drivers available from DriverGuide.com<\/a>, however none worked for me – the one from SMC just plain doesn’t work (seems like it detected that this Am1772-based wifi card is not an SMC brand), and the generic driver also doesn’t work at all. So after the driver was downloaded & installed, then I was able to access the Internet with speed of 1 Mbps. Kudos to Menara Peninsula hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve got a wifi PCMCIA card (brand: Netvision) that I bought more than a year ago, but have never been used (since Nokia 9500 already got wifi capability). However, last weekend I needed a fast Internet connection on my laptop when I was on Menara Peninsula hotel. Noticing that I was in a hotspot zone, … Continue reading NetVision wifi card<\/span>
\n[ the discussion thread on the driver<\/a> ]
\n[ download the driver from here<\/a> ]<\/p>\n
\nBut of course, your mileage may vary.<\/p>\n