Cisco bought Linksys for their USB adapter. "Linksys
a Division of Cisco Systems"
The Linksys B adapter uses USB 1.1 which allows for up
to 12 Mbps.
The Linksys G adapter uses USB 2.0 which alows for up to
450 Mbps.
As we
well know, the actual throughput is much less than 12 Mbps for 802.11b.
So, in theory, they should be competitive.
Performance numbers may be available somewhere online. Check the
Ziff Davis sites or Tom's Hardware Page. They usually have those
real-world performance graphs.
-Mike
O.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adeel Ahmad
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 12:39 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [SOCALWUG] Choosing an AP client.The USB devices in the market for 802.11b are not USB 2.0, so they lag in data throughput numbers from PCI or PCMCIA devices, it again depends on the USB stack implementation of the vendor. Interestingly Cisco does not have any USB client device in market for 802.11b.Adeel
Mike Outmesguine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:USB devices I have tried work pretty good. The inherent benefit is being
able to position the USB client almost anywhere at the end of a longish USB
cable with no RF loss. And most of them come with a little sticky-uppy
antenna to boot.
An alternative is the Dlink ethernet wireless bridge. Your "client" just
needs an ethernet port. No drivers are necessary. Setup is through a web
interface.
Here is a link to the 802.11g product. They also have a B model somewhere.
http://dlink.com/products/?pid=241
-Mike O.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of ericblack
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 10:04 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [SOCALWUG] Choosing an AP client.
I'm not sure I'm entirely in sink with you so take what I have to! say with a
grain of salt...
Have you looked into a PC-card/PCMCIA slot converter?
The attached link has a blurb.
http://mailman.webhosters.co.nz/pipermail/nzwireless/2003-May/000502.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Dooright
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:13 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [SOCALWUG] Choosing an AP client.
I've spent days Googling and comparing, and I'm just
as confused as when I started. What I would like is a
client that works with the popular software (I use
both Win and FreeBSD), that preferably can be located
remotely from my desktop machine. That seems to be the
rub: all the "good" cards seem to be PCMCIA. The
WAP-11 that I have would be perfect, but it's a lost
cause in client mode. So, I'm looking for something
just like it, only different.
What little I hear about the USB clients is n! ot good,
can anyone recommend one of these? I'd take a PCI card
plus coax as a second choice, but don't see any of
those that use the hot chipsets. Any suggestions?
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