From: John Higgins (higgins_at_dorsai.org)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 11:41:31 EDT
> > Hi, > > I'm wondering if anyone has experience with, or has read
reviews of the > following four cards: > > - Nortel Networks e-Mobility
802.11b PC Card (OEM'd by Symbol? or at least > the same chipset?) > - US
Robotics 802.11b PC Card > - Proxim Range Lan DS WiFi 802.11b PC Card > -
Gigafast 802.11b Wireless PC Card > > I'm leaning towards the USR card
only because I've had good past experiences > with their products. (I
thought they were bought out by 3Com like... a > number of years ago?)
It's mainly between the USR and Nortel card... any > comments? The
Lucent/Orinoco/Agere/whatever-they're-called-now cards are > supposed to
be great (good reviews, recommended by our school) but seem to > be quite
expensive. Suggestions for any other cards <$50 would be much >
appreciated. > > Regards, > Jeddy > >
Orinocos certainly have the best reputation for range and reliability. The
Orinoco Golds run about $80, the Silvers (only 64bit encryption) run
$70. Tiger Direct has had deals on rebadged OEM Orinocos for $49 in recent
weeks. Given what I've read on the Usenet or DSLreports wireless
networking groups, I wouldn't buy anything other than an Orinoco. If $30
will save me a lot of frustration, I'll spend it, particularly for
something I'm going to get years of use out of.
That said, the best places to troll for deals are the hot deal forums at
Anandtech and FatWallet.com, plus techbargains.com
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