>>>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).
> 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 ;-)
The only problem with that card is that it only does 802.11b and the card he was
asking about does a/b/g.
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