Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:59:03 +0100 (CET)
From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AW: wireless pcmcia cards
Thanks for the info :-)
So what is the cheapest?! Do the two companies that you mention make
a card and transmitter? I have looked on the web, Orinoco make a pcmcia
card but not a base transmitter(i think)
What I want to do is really the most basic. One PCMCIA card with a cheap
transmitter.
James
James Tapping clara.net
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Kapusta Gerhard wrote:
> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:25:31 +0100
> From: Kapusta Gerhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: AW: wireless pcmcia cards
>
> Hi James!
>
> Yes, I've done this.
>
> I have tested the Siemens I-Gate wireless LAN and the Lucent Orinoco
> wireless LAN, both in various configurations, with a Libretto and other
> PC's.
>
> My experience: Both work fine and are easy to install on a Libretto -
> provided you are familiar with IP and network basics.
>
> There are 2 basic possibilities: a so called "ad-hoc-mode", where you can
> have more PC's with wireless network cards without dedicated server;
> and the "access point mode", where you need a hardware piece, the access
> point, to make the bridge from wireless to wired LAN.
>
> Altough the "ad-hoc-mode" is cheaper (as a minimum you need 2 wireless
> LAN-cards), I do not recommend it. It works unstable and there is only very
> poor security. It is really for test purpose only.
>
> Installation may be tricky if you try to install a wireless LAN-card into a
> desktop PC with an PCMCIA-to-PCI or -ISA Adapter. Not all motherboards work
> with all cards and all operating system...
>
> Current wireless LAN's are specifed as 11 Mbit, but the real througput is
> much smaller.
> The Siemens I-Gate was not faster than approx. 3 Mbit and the range was poor
> (but it was a first-series-product and the developers promised to make
> significant enhancements...)
> The Lucent Orinoco works at a real througput of 5 to 6 Mbit, wich seems to
> be the maximum which is possible with this technology. Also the range of the
> Lucent product is much better.
>
> Within an office the range is not a problem, but it is nearly impossible to
> make a wireless connection between 2 buildings, even with external antennas,
> which increase the range.
>
> Wireless LAN cards are availble both as 16Bit PCMCIA cards and as Cardbus
> cards. Cardbus Cards are not compatible with older Librettos.
>
> regards
> Gerhard
>
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