Re: Wireless network cards

["Andy Laurence" <andylaurence@xxxxxxx>]

> Sorry, yeah, knew one was used for wireless card, but seems rather odd
&
> also why I thought maybe it's a mini pc or something - the other WAPs
don't
> use a PC card AFAIK.

ITYF they do.

> It does seem to be a good price, but I am concerned about how good it
is.
> Reading PCPro (I think) this month with a review of various WAPs,
there is
> quite a difference in performance between the various brands.

My cheap cards have very little range at all.  I can only get 50 metres or
so.

> Am looking for reasonable performance @ reasonable price.
> Will want to get a wireless card for my ipaq at some point so WAP
needs to
> be very compatible - or aren't there any issues with mixing cards
& WAPs
> from different manufacturers?

Not AFAIK, there is a reason for an IEEE standard ;-)

> Have 8 port switch & 4port switch/broadband router already, but u
can
never
> have too many network ports :-)
> Shold have got combined broadband/WAP router :(

Hindsight, eh?

Andy
--
PC-Based Multimedia System
http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms


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