> I bought Xircom CWE-1120 cards (not the 1130, but > isn't encryption the only difference?) > because I thought they should perform well, like the > cisco. I have no complaints about the quality of the > radio, but the accompanying software (link test, etc.) > was pretty bad. The tech support people told me that > the line is discontinued and they won't be writing > upgrades. I didn't think to ask about getting new > software from Cisco, but eventually I got to talk to a > support engineer from Cisco and she didn't offer that > as a possible solution. (Not the same as firmware, > but of course every support person asked me to install > the latest drivers, and no one referred me to Cisco.)
I had a 1130 briefly, and it was a really good card - it's actually a re-badged Cisco *340* card, and not a 350 - meaning it has only 100 mW output, and doesn't have the improved-improved 350 sensitivity. Otherwise, it's better than, or equal to the Lucent cards. Anyway, you can force it to use the Cisco software in Windows - forgot how, but it has something to do with the Hardware Wizard Manager thing, and you have to force it to use the Cisco driver, etc.. I'll agree - the Cisco software is horrible. Up there with HP, Intel, Sun, and all the other great hardware companies. -Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
