-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kevin Brown wrote: > Mike Starke wrote: > >> It is time to get my daughter on the Internet and I >> need/want to do it wireless. >> >> Although she has XP right now, ole Dad just may put Debian >> on it one day if she doesn't keep the room clean :-) >> Anyone care to comment about this card? >> http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=494362 >> >> Any equivalent cheaper ones out there (at Fry's)? >> > I have a PCMCIA version of the 802.11b gold card. So far I've been very > happy with the Lucent/Orinoco/Agere/Proxim cards (that is all the > companies hands that those products have passed through). > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > I suggest you look at the SMC2532W-B pcmcia card and get a PCI adapter for it. This is a high performance card, very close to the best, at a price only a little higher than the real cheapies. ($57 at computers4sure) So it is still a good bargain even after you buy the adapter. (I got a Belkin at the swap meet for $12) I just wish I would have known about this before I rushed out and bought the Linksys at Fly's.It will run circles around it ;-) - -- KevinO "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" - -- Lily Tomlin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/XtmsWOfRC7Rnmv8RAlP1AJ0fyA1/eEQqtIvFV2K1LqBeCXQGuQCeKQC5 xa21rBkUUiZ6W1tV3gxnsN8= =5T35 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----