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Thank you for your help. I don't plan to use WEP, so that "feature" is worthless to me. Do you have a good source for used Cisco cards? The cheapest new ones I saw in the 340 family were about $150 - way too expensive for me. After I posted, I did some more research and had decided against the Proxim cards. http://www.practicallynetworked.com/ was mentioned as a good resource. My other option is the Orinoco series, specifically the Silver or Gold cards. There are drivers for all my needed OS'es, and they got very good ratings. I have found the Silver line for $60, and the Gold for ~$20 more. Do you know details about the differences between these two cards? The card right now will be used by my wife at school w/ their wireless networks, so I'm not worried about AP ATM. I will check out the RG-1000 or Linksys models you mentioned when I go wireless at home. I have a linksys router now, and have been very happy with it. Thanks, Drew At 01:21 PM 2/21/2002 -0500, Bob Keyes wrote: >In theory, any card and access point certified as 'wifi' (802.11b) >compatible should work with each other. > >I highly recommend the Cisco cards, if you can afford them. You can >probably get the older (342) cards for about $60, used. Cisco access >points are very expensive. You may want to settle for a cheaper AP, >linksys is a popular choice, though the closeout price of the Lucent/Avaya >RG-1000 makes it attractive, and theoretically a bit better performance >than the Linksys. > >I don't have experience with Proxim products, but I do recall hearing that >their FH Access Points weren't very good. Drew Taylor JA[P|m_p|SQL]H http://www.drewtaylor.com/ Just Another Perl|mod_perl|SQL Hacker mailto:drew at drewtaylor.com *** God bless America! ***
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