From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 14:34:41 EDT
FWIW, i have orinoco (whish is a spin off or still part of, Lucent, which
was Bell Labs) and an SMC (since at that time the antenna was the same
thickness as the card and allowed for another PCMCIA card in the slot
above..
the orinoco seems the best though the SMC works as well..
also, the orinoco has an external antenna "jack" on the end, for their
external antenna connection..
AND, further FWIW, the orinoco AP (the lowest cost one) uses a PCMCIA card
inside so one can open the encloseure and add the external antenna for more
range..
i got all these parts but never had time to make the lash up work..
the AP seems reluctant to work and the SMC barricade just came up and worked
without a hitch..
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Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeddy Lin" <jeddylin_at_uclink.berkeley.edu>
To: "Thinkpad List" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: 802.11b wireless cards
> 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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