From: R.P. Aditya (aditya@ack.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 10 2001 - 13:33:33 PDT
Hi,
Most of the 802.11b cards on the market are _pretty_ good. The more expensive
ones tend to have slightly better antennas. I would recommend the
Wavelan/Lucent/Avaya Silver cards (unless you are unwisely relying on WEP).
They seem to have the most mature drivers on a variety of operating systems
(however they won't work under Mac OS X in those laptops that have a built-in
antenna). It looks like:
has them available and for a good price. I believe they also sell them in
larger quantity (ie. 10+) with a volume discount.
That said, as you can see under the "Pilot Sites" section at:
http://www.net.berkeley.edu/wireless/
any WiFi certified card will work with the CNS wireless network on campus and
most likely with any other wireless networks you are likely to encounter. I've
had success with Dlink (antenna isn't as good) and Cisco cards as well. Since
I've only tried the cards under FreeBSD, I can't really comment on the
software that comes with any of the cards.
Hope that helps,
Adi
In message <p0510033cb7c2cb241772@[128.32.51.227]>, "Tom O'Brien" writes:
> Hi folks,
>
> We have a PC Laptop that we'd like to put an 802.11b card into -- any
> recommendations for brands to buy or avoid? I've heard wide ranging
> reports on functionality... Also info on where purchased (I've been
> looking for Lucent's card, but can't seem to find it) would be
> helpful!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tomo
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