On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Andrew Kershaw wrote: > > The Proxim SkyLINE (or whowever it's capitalized) isn't the same as > the WaveLAN. They are different chipsets, AFAIK. In fact, the > Skyline's hertiage is the old 1- and 2-Mbps 802.11 FHSS standard as > opposed to the DSSS 802.11b standard. Older skyline cards that only > do 2-Mbps can still be found... The cards were updated by Farallon > to do 802.11b, but they didn't use the WaveLAN chipset (maybe they > did use the Prism chipset... I dunno).
Interesting. The manual-on-disk that came with my Skyline card said it is a DSSS card with 802.11b--the latter is even printed on the card itself. No clue which chipset is in it--the manual spec. section doesn't say. :) Later.................Howard ____________________________________________________________ Computer n. A pocket calculator with a glandular problem. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
