RE: [PLUG] WiFI config

[Louis Dallara <ldallara@comcast.net>]

Thanks everybody for the WIFI update..
Now back to ebay to bid on a
New Orinoco Silver Wireless PCMCIA Card
Lou out

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of John McElroy
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:32 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] WiFI config


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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