From: Peter Machule (machule_at_triumf.ca)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 12:53:04 EDT
Yes ...yes everything that John said .
;-}
also
http://practicallynetworked.com/
is one of the first places to look
Proxim may also be doing the swan dive of death .
sigh ...
Check for driver updates .. !
USR is back to being USR , they separated from 3com over a year ago .
A good thing since 3com is also not looking that well.
Their Xjack wireless card though, looks real cool !
(I hope to get one shortly )
Nortel has often done good things ( we keep buying their overpriced
Switches ) ...but no idea as to this card .
>Oemed by Symbol ? ..
Hmm ...got a link ?
Nortel managed to "kill " the Toronto Stock exchange a while ago .
( This was not a technical glitch ..but their financial results )
That was rather humorous.
Gigafast ??
Check with the Seattle wireless boys.
They had a page that showed which chipsets were being used .
This is useful since you can then get drivers from Companies that either
support their stuff with updates etc. or are still alive next week .
But again everything, that John said !
Sure hope that Orinoco stays alive for a while !
( It's the site standard here )
..peter..
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Higgins" <higgins_at_dorsai.org>
To: "Jeddy Lin" <jeddylin_at_uclink.berkeley.edu>
Cc: "Thinkpad List" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: 802.11b wireless cards
> > > 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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