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Louis, I believe you have your answer now and more.
I agree, the Lucent card has great range. I have my AP in the basement and I still get 100% the second floor of my house through some very solid floors and walls.
What other brands use the WaveLAN chipset?
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:39:49 -0500
gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 06:14:14PM -0500, Paul wrote:
> > The Gold is $69.99 (higher than I thought) and the Silver is $57.99.
>
> I assure you I saw a card using the same chipset (all that actually
> matters; if you feel like paying for a Lucent/Agere/whatever logo,
> be my guest) for $39 on pricewatch. :^>
>
> > The have a Netgear MA401 for $42.95 with 128-bit encryption.
>
> Yeah, but that's a Prism2 card. Lousier range, no way to attach an
> external antenna. (Imho, the expansion's more important than the
> WEP. I can take care of encryption in the OS well enough, thanks.)
>
> --
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
>
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