Wireless Networking research.

Post #2,149 by static 7/17/01 9:31:06 PM Reply	Wireless Networking research. I'm on the edge of shelling out a few hundred for a little wireless networking for my laptop at home. This, of course, requires a PCMCIA card and a base station. What can people recommend? What have people had experience with? What traps have you discovered, fallen into, gotten around? What issues appear to be insoluble at this point in time? At the moment, my preferred options are a Xircom CWE1130 card and a Cisco Aironet 340 base station, based on price levels, availability and security (most hardware only supports 40-bit WEP, these two do 128). I'll probably buy from [link\|http://www.ht.com.au/\|Harris Technology] because they've been around a while, are good to deal with and are relatively local. And they usually have good prices on new tech! :-) Oh yes, the laptop in question is a Sony VAIO running Windows ME. It may run Linux in the future, but that's a ways off. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #2,150 by static 7/17/01 9:33:18 PM Reply	Addendum. I just spotted that Cisco have a PCMCIA card that is as affordable, as available and as secure as the Xircom product. It's the 350 series PC Card. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #2,212 by hnick 7/18/01 1:12:05 PM Reply	They are the same card... Xircom just rebadges the Cisco PC340. The drivers and utilities are the same (except for cosmetics like the Xircom logo...) The PC350 PHY supports more power than the PC340. Regards, Hugh
Post #2,287 by static 7/19/01 2:03:44 AM Reply	Ah... I was wondering the difference 'tween the 340 and the 350. And I discovered today that Compaq rebadges Lucent stuff. My [link\|http://www.apcmag.com/\|APC] came today with a review of just this range of hardware. Talk about synchronicity! Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #2,351 by hnick 7/19/01 3:46:24 PM Reply	A thought about the power... The 340 generally supports 30 milliWatts, while the 350 supports UP TO 100mW. The "up to" is defined by governmental standards. Cards for shipment out of the U.S. are set at the factory to conform to the end users regulations. 350's going to Japan, for example, won't do more than 50mW, even though the PHY will do 100mW. I have no idea what your local power rates are. Just thought I'd mention it... Regards, Hugh
Post #2,255 by SpiceWare 7/18/01 5:18:08 PM Reply	I've a Linksys base and D-Link nic I've recently installed the [link\|http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=173&grid=19\|Linksys BEFW11S4] which is the Cable/DSL Router with wireless and 4 port switch. My OS/2 system no longer shares the internet for my other systems. For my laptop I picked up the [link\|http://www.dlink.com/products/wireless/dwl650/\|D-Link DWL-650]. It works well under 98. I've not yet made it to work under Linux, though others have reported success. I can run iwconfig eth0 and see info about the card, such as signal strength, so I know the card itself has been recognized. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #2,643 by tseliot 7/23/01 11:52:00 AM Reply	D-Link's been pretty good for me, so far, as well. Both router and PC Card. Compaq's the only one AFAIK that has a card for WinCE, though, so I had to mix and match. Be careful buying D-Link routers--some of the older ones do 40-bit crypto only, not 128, which is what all the cards run. That's her, officer! That's the woman that programmed me for evil!

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