Okay, so it looks like the card won't fit in after all. I would rather use the Airport solution, just because that way nothing is sticking out.

The reason I have to use a Cisco card is that my school has configured their Cisco Aironet system to only accept Cisco NIC's. I called the help line and asked for the name of the Network Administrator so that I could enquire as to what was up with Airport cards not working. The tech at the help desk told me that they weren't allowed knowing that and would not give me the name of their supervisor when I asked for it.

I then emailed the manager of the department and he told that the cards didn't work for some reason and that they had a call into Apple Technical Support for resolution of the problem. When I asked about the Cisco AP configuration utility and if 'Ensure Compatability with: Non-Cisco 802.11b NIC's' was check off he said no that it wasn't. I told him that the Apple cards mostly likely won't work if it wasn't selected and he said that if they simply selected it they would have to reconfigure every Windows machine on the network, 'which isn't an option."

I guess I just won't see the wireless network at my school for a while.