| 5 | | == Final installation == |
| | 5 | == a. Temporary installation == |
| | 6 | The type of network interface card is mini-PCI express. |
| | 7 | The client platform (Latitude D830) has two mini-PCI express slots inside the body, one for WLAN and the other for WWAN. |
| | 8 | We selected the WWAN slot to install the NIC as an additional interface. |
| | 9 | The slot only allows full-size interface but the NIC shapes in half-size so we need to make it fit on the slot. |
| | 10 | We temporary fix the NIC on the slot with wood stick as shown in following: |
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| | 12 | || [[ThumbImage(IMG_0419.JPG)]] || [[ThumbImage(IMG_0418.2.JPG)]] || |
| | 13 | || (Need to be fastened!!) || (Fixed with wood sticks) || |
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| | 15 | == b. NIC size extension == |
| | 16 | In above reason, we need to purchase brackets to extend the size of "mini-size" NIC card to be fit into the "full-size' mini-PCI express slot. |
| | 17 | We placed the order two brackets through Ebay ([http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170544115545&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT]) which only cost few dollars ($4.66 each). |
| | 18 | We attached the bracket to the NIC as follows: |
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| | 20 | [[ThumbImage(IMG_0420.JPG)]] |
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| | 22 | == c. Final installation == |
| | 23 | Finally, we removed the wood sticks and installed the NIC extended full-size into the slot. |
| | 24 | The snapshot of the installed NIC is as follows: |
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| | 26 | [[ThumbImage(IMG_0421.JPG)]] |
