I've seen PCMCIA 802.11b cards for as little as $20 on sale. Radio Shack on Florida had some Compaq USB wireless NICs for $25 on clearance the other day when I went. USB cards can have an advantage over PCMCIA ones because they are big enough to have larger antennas. Probably not an issue within a coffee shop, but nice to have if you want to roam outdoors from your access point.
-Tim On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 09:11, Chopin Cusachs wrote: > You bring up an interesting point. One of the coffee shops in Covington > now offers > wireless Internet with a drink. My wife has an older laptop with PCMIA > port. Any > idea how cheap one can get a wireless network card for laptop? I'd like > to try out > the service, but don't want to sink significant money into it. > > Choppy > > At 06:33 AM 6/2/03 -0500, John Hebert wrote: > > >Compact Flash - kinda like PCMCIA cards but smaller. Used mostly for > >memory in digital cameras, hard drives in PDAs, etc. I have a CF 802.11b > >network card for my Zaurus. > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
