Which would be the best choice (or pros/cons):

* 802.11b+ based DLink 22Mbps AirPlus cards with the binary
acx100 drivers (Dlink cards seems to be popular among local
dealers and cheaper than Linksys ones, but are the binary
drivers mature?).  They seem like a cheap way to get
significant additional bandwidth.  I assume these are
backwards compatible with 802.11b (11Mbps) devices (and
by extension 802.11g ones as well?)

http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/DlinkDwl650Plus

* one of the older 'End-Of-Life Noticed' (see
http://www.dlink.com.ph/marketing/productinfo.nsf/194e6d48542fdf9948256ca70008ac14/0ff073c979d5f08348256b3b00071eb4?OpenDocument
 )
Prism-based DLinks (i.e. DWL650 PCMCIA or DWL520
PCI)

* LinkSys WPC11 PC Card (does it work fine with Linux when
inserted in a WDT11 PCI Adapter?)

* just a straight Linksys WMP11 PCI card

* One of the draft 802.11g spec based cards (Linksys' Wireless-G
series or Dlink XtremeG).  Linksys' front page claims that
they are only 'fractionally' more expensive that 802.11b based
devices.

[Are Linux drivers for these 'G' cards available?  Are these
draft 802.11g devices interoperable with one another?  And will
they be upgradable for free once the 802.11g spec gets nailed
down?]

* Lucent Wavelan based cards... are any relatively cheap ones 
  locally available?  Supposed to have the most mature Linux
  support - is this still true?

* other suggestions... what's the word on the USB-based stuff?
  Are they cheaper/just as cheap/more expensive/easier or harder
  to get running under Linux compared to PCI and PCMCIA solutions?








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