From: Jeddy Lin (jeddylin_at_uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 13:50:08 EDT
Hello all,
Thanks for the input thus far. I also check bensbargains.net, run by a
fellow (graduating) Berkeley student. =) I read the reviews at
practicallynetworked, checked on google, and also browsed through some other
forums/websites that had any available reviews. It seems that many cards are
based off the Intersil Prism2/2.5 chipset, so would performance be similar?
> 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 )
Yes, I've seen that card, it looks great! I used to be a big fan of USR all
the way back when my only link to the outside world was BBS's.
> 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 ?
I've been to far too many sites to remember where I saw this, but their
cards seem to have the same antenna housing and several places reference the
Symbol website for driver downloads. I know that's not much to go on, but it
was just a guess. If I can confirm this card or the USR works under Linux
then the credit card is coming out of my wallet. =)
> 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 .
I browsed through the website quickly and I couldn't find that link. I'll
try to look for it more carefully later on. It's probably right in front of
me. However, that list was in order of preference, so it's really not that
important. Based on what I've seen, it probably uses the same Intersil Prism
chipset...
> But again everything, that John said !
> Sure hope that Orinoco stays alive for a while !
> ( It's the site standard here )
Boingo (started by the founder of Earthlink), by the way, has a deal going
right now where if you sign up for a month of their service (~$25) they'll
throw in an Orinoco Gold card for $50. I'm thinking about possibly going
this route, but if I can get by with either the USR or Nortel card for ~$40,
then I'll do so. I'm just using wireless casually when I'm on campus at
school, and I don't want to invest too much into a card that might be made
obselete should our school decide to move away from 802.11b. *sigh* That $40
difference sure buys a lot of food. =)
Thanks again for the input. (I have to confess, I'm Thinkpad-less
temporarily ever since my I sold my TP560E and TP600 to relatives... looking
for a 560Z or 570)
Regards,
Jeddy
> ..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
> >
> >
> >
> > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> > John M. Higgins
> > higgins_at_dorsai.org
> > v)212-337-7024/f)212-337-7028
> > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> >
> >
>
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