Wireless PCMCIA cards

[drew at drewtaylor.com (Drew Taylor)]

At 02:11 PM 2/21/2002 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
>Drew Taylor <drew at drewtaylor.com> writes:
>
> > 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 Orinoco series are exactly what used to be called Lucent cards.
>The only difference between the Silver and Gold is 40 v. 129-bit WEP.
>Seriously, that is the ONLY difference.  They are 100% compatible
>other that that.

Funny how that single difference commands such a noticable difference.
According to pricegrabber.com, silver goes for about $70-80, while the gold 
goes for $10-20 more. What with WEP being broken, don't you think that the 
price difference will come down? I certainly wouldn't pay more for 128 bit 
WEP...

Drew

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