I know you have your decision, but check this out: https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=6246
Lots of models discussed with ideas for +/- from people who have been doing war-driving for well over 4 years, and are also on the netstumbler forums. Henry House said: > I finally have no choice but to get a wireless interface for my home > workstation. Given the difficulty with changing chipsets and poor driver > support, I am thinking of a ethernet-to-wireless bridge, which is alleged > to > bridge a one-device ethernet network to an existing wireless network with > an > existing access point, all without any drivers on the PC. Here are two > products, both by Linksys, that claim to do just that: > > http://www.buy.com/prod/Wireless_G_Game_Adapter/q/loc/15625/10351886.html > > http://www.buy.com/prod/Wireless_G_Ethernet_Bridge/q/loc/15625/10346525.html > > The second is about twice the price of the first. > > My questions are: > > - Am I on the right track going with an ethernet bridge? > > - What reasons are there to prefer the more-expensive device? I loathe > wireless networking and so would prefer to spend as little as possible. > I > am not really interested in special features. > > > -- > Henry House > +1 530 753 3361 ext. 13 > Please don't send me HTML mail! My mail system frequently rejects it. > The unintelligible text that may follow is a digital signature. > See <http://hajhouse.org/pgp> to find out how to use it. > My OpenPGP key: <http://hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>. > > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
