Wireless PCMCIA cards

[Jerry Feldman]

The Compaq WL110 cards are also Orinoco. 
On 21 Feb 2002 at 13:44, Drew Taylor wrote:

> 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
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