RE: Wireless LANs

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>]

All,

Thanks for all the advice. In the end I decided to go with 802.11b gear as
it's been out for a while and you've found it reliable. So, a Linksys WAP11
and a couple of Orinoco cards later I'm un-wired & war-walking. Even
got the Fuji configured after some fun & games.

However, I still have a bit of a problem. I bought Orinoco Golds, one
complete with PCI adaptor, and this is branded Orinoco. I've got no
problems with this, however, I do have serious trouble with the PCMCIA-only
card. It's a Proxim brand, which is supposedly based on the Lucent chipset
? Advertised as suitable for Win 95 through XP, the only OS I can get it to
run on is Win98-SE (not tried NT though). I'm using the latest drivers etc.
The vendor even tells me it won't work on Win 98 or higher and I need a
Classic Gold instead. Hrumph.

Anyone else experienced similar problems ?

Thanks,

Tim H.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)
>
> Guys,
>
> Ok, I've trawled through the archives and read between the
> lines of the posts a bit more and some you have the Linksys
> WAP11 with Lucent Orinoco Silver 802.11b cards, sourced
> though a Dr John bulk buy, correct ?
>
> What's this setup like to use in practice ? Would you
> recommend it ? And where can I get the Orinoco Silver cards
> in the UK ?
>
> How many of you are using 802.11b cards with 802.11g APs, and
> does it work ? I see Tony & Paul are having trouble with
> their Belkin & Linksys 'G' APs. Are 'G' cards and 'G' APs ok ?
>
> Comments welcome :-)
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim H.

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