From: Kin S. Jung (kin@tsw.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon Sep 10 2001 - 15:17:06 PDT
Hi All,
The Scholar's Workstation, U.C. Berkeley's Campus Computer Store
<http://www.tsw.berkeley.edu> will be offering Wi-Fi certified Lucent
Orinoco Gold & Silver 802.11b Wireless cards (As Adi points out below, these
cards are also referred to as Wavelan/Avaya Orinoco products). The wireless
cards TSW will offer will be compatible with U.C. Berkeley's Wireless Task
Force recommendations for the campus' forthcoming Wireless Network being
operated by Communications & Network Services. For details visit:
<http://istpub.berkeley.edu:4201/bcc/Fall2001/news.wirelesslan.html>
As several people have pointed out, the cards have been difficult to acquire
over the last few month's; however, according to our distributor, TSW should
have limited numbers available and in-stock later this week. As soon as we
receive our first shipment, I will send out a note to this group letting
everyone know about pricing, part numbers, and availability.
Regards,
Kin
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Kin Jung
Sales Manager
The Scholar's Workstation
University of California, Berkeley
2200 University Avenue
Room 41
Berkeley, CA 94720
t./ 510.643.6181
f./ 510.643.6201
e./ kin@tsw.berkeley.edu
> From: "R.P. Aditya" <aditya@ack.berkeley.edu>
> Reply-To: "R.P. Aditya" <aditya@ack.berkeley.edu>
> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:33:33 -0700
> To: "Tom O'Brien" <Tomo@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
> Cc: micronet-list@uclink4.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [Micronet] 802.11b PC Card recommendations?
>
> 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:
>
> http://www.lanstreet.com
>
> 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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