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Re: [PLUG] $20 wireless PCMCIA card
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I have been looking at various IBM laptops. The either come with Wi-Fi
installed already or "Wi-Fi Upgradable". Their options seem to indicate
that only a Cisco card will do. " 3- Can be wireless enabled with the
addition of an optional wireless LAN Mini PCI Card. These systems are
designed to operate only with wireless LAN Mini PCI options sold by
IBM." Does anyone know if this is just marketing bs, or are choice of
cards really limited?
Paul wrote:
| The $20 price tag got me to try the Belkin. The Orinoco has always been
| a want. I might end up with a Orinoco since the laptop is a pain to use
| without a wireless connection, and I discovered a another wireless
| signal while roaming in my bedroom.
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| gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
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|> On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 08:37:06AM -0400, Paul wrote:
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|>
|>> My tests indicate that I will need a card with an external antenna
|>> connector, or which can be easily hacked to add a connector. The
|>> Belkin card is supposed to have a hidden mystery connector, but
|>> that's still a mystery to me.
|>>
|>
|>
|> What's wrong with buying a WaveLAN/Orincoco chipset-based card?
|>
|> My Lucent-branded one has an antenna port at the end of the PC card,
|> and I presume the current reseller of the chipset (Proxim) is still
|> doing that.
|>
|> They're a bit more expensive, but they're a lot better:
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|> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10324157&loc=101
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|>
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