WRT question 2., the new Orinoco combo a/b card is the first new Orinoco card since Proxim bought the division from Agere earlier this year. It does not use the tried/tested/loved (Lucent/Agere) Hermes chipset. Instead it uses an Atheros chip, which has got very good reviews so far for 802.11a, but as of yet I haven't seen anything about what Atheros can do in 802.11b.
Also this combo card does not a connector for an external antenna (another reason why the Orinoco cards are so loved). Just a little caveat emptor, HTH. --__--__-- Message: 5 From: "Terrence Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2002 02:34:09 -0500 Subject: [nycwireless] choosing a pc card Hello all: I am planning to purchase a wireless pc card for my vaio laptop. In attending wed. meeting for the first time (which was very informative), I gathered what most members use. 1. Has anyone experienced problems in using the orinoco 802.11b wireless pc card gold or silver w/ their sony viao? 2. Is it worth buying the ORiNOCO 802.11a/b ComboCard at this time? -Terrence -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
