RE: Wireless LANs

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

What problems were people having with the Belkin "g" access
points? Mine has
been perfect for the last four months but the in last week it has locked up
a couple of times and has needed power cycling.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) [mailto:haweste@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 September 2003 15:08
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Wireless LANs
>
>
> 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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