Which wireless card for my laptop?

GJW · Jul 28, 2003

Finally decided to give DSL a try and the service came with a 2Wire wireless gateway.
I'm looking for a wireless PC card and want to know who to avoid.
Seems like D-Link and LinkSys are not recommended for their routers but how are their cards?

was_jlh · Jul 28, 2003

GJW, I would recommend an Orinoco or Avaya or Agere. Get one with an external antenna connection.

These are good folks to deal with, IMHO, no connection.

http://fab-corp.com/

Joe

highlandsun · Jul 28, 2003

I always check the reviews at www.cnet.com; they recommend the Linksys WPC55AG which is what I just bought a couple weeks ago. Supports 802.11a, b, and g.

Saaby · Jul 28, 2003

I've just got 'b' equiptment and, even though it's a battery sucker, I went with an Oronoco Gold (Actually a Oronogo Gold rebranded into a Dell) works like a champ.

For my PDA I just got whatever was cheap at the time, which happened to be a Sony Clie wireless card. This is Compact Flash though, not PCMIA

IlluminatingBikr · Jul 28, 2003

I have a 802.11b wireless network system that I use with my laptop. I have an Intel card, that came pre-installed in my laptop. Works flawlessly.

Skyline · Jul 28, 2003

I've been using an Orinoco Gold for the past year, and it's performed flawlessly.

GeoffChan · Jul 28, 2003

I have 2 wireless cards. One's an Orinoco 802.11b, the other is a Orinoco 11a/b/g one.

anybody else using netstumber?

Geoff

was_jlh · Jul 28, 2003

Geoff, I prefer Kismet /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Joe

iddibhai · Jul 29, 2003

proxim, formerly agere orinoco, formerly lucent. anything they make, good stuff, good support. i have 3 of their silver (64bit encryption) cards, the best at their time in range due to 5v (others were 3.3v).

tech · Jul 29, 2003

Never had a problem with my Linksys wireless router at home. Wife and I connect with our laptops, and our guest computer in the basement...so I'd go with price...
Check PCMag for reviews as well...
T.

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