abit introduces first PCI-E Wi-Fi card - AirPace

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:34 pm

abit introduces first PCI-E Wi-Fi card

IEEE 802.11b/g AirPace Wi-Fi card with software AP

[quote]December 11, 2006 â€“ abit is once more expanding their product portfolio. Responding to the ever growing demand for a digital home environment in which various devices are wirelessly interconnected and can communicate with one another, abit now introduces a unique Wi-Fi solution. The abit AirPace Wi-Fi card is the very first IEEE 802.11b/g WLAN device for universal use with PCI-E interfaces. Unlike proprietary solutions the abit AirPace Wi-Fi is highly flexible as it is compatible with ANY PCI-E socket. This makes installation as well as migration true childâ€™s play. In addition to the common client mode, software Access Point capability is also supported. abit â€“ pioneer in PCI-E wireless technology.

By using the PCI-E X1 interface abit is once more extending their â€œFuture Proofâ€

dgood · Post by **dgood** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:46 am

The real question is does it have x64bit windows drivers because I tend to run into problems with that and 70% of wireless cards.

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:55 am

this is awesome, ive been wanting to free up one of my PCI slots for a while now, this card would be perfect!!

Post by **Apoptosis** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:07 am

According to their website it supports the following OS's:

Windows 2000/XP/server 2003/64bit XP

It would be interesting to see if anyone could get it to work on Vista or Ubuntu.