Re: TiBook WiFi Reception

[Clyde Kahrl]

	I have been putting off doing WiFi for a long time figuring 
that the new standards would make it more attractive.   So 11(g) is 
more attractive, but its also more expensive and apparently the range 
issues cut down on realworld speed.  (I've already conceded that I'll 
use hardwires for any file tranfers).

	So I have to equip a new cheap Dell, a Lombard and a TiBook. 
I need 100 feet of range to be happy, so I figure that I'll have to 
use a PCMCIA card for my 550 TiBook, because the internal antenna is 
so bad.   I figure that since everybody likes Orinoco/lucent cards 
those look fine, but I was wondering whether to go with a regular 
router with a card stuck in it.

	There was a review of the bigger and apparently more powerful 
Asante router here: http://www.mymac.com/weeks/asante_2.20.03.shtml.

	I like cheap equipment, but equipment that doesn't work is 
expensive.   So since the Asante router is now down to $139 does this 
look like a good deal, or should I get an airport with the supposedly 
nifty apple software and put some tin can antennas on it?  (Like they 
did here: http://home.earthlink.net/~wifi-shootout/)
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