wireless hardware

Gene Dascher gedascher at multiservice.com
Fri Jan 31 21:18:38 CST 2003


Linksys has an 802.11g card and access point that will work with existing
802.11b equipment:

http://www.chumbo.com/info.asp?s=745883553877
http://www.chumbo.com/info.asp?s=745883553860

Gene

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Duane Attaway
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 2:54 PM
> To: Jared Smith
> Cc: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: wireless hardware
>
>
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Jared Smith wrote:
>
> > Looking for an access point and a bridge. I'm in midtown. Where's a good
> > place to go locally to buy wireless equipment?
>
> Locally?  Just about any place, such as OfficeMax, CompUSA, Microcenter,
> etc...
>
> But, lookie here:
>
> http://www.techdepot.com/product.asp?ProductID=110121&IID=849
>
> Dlink 650 for $14.95 after $20.00 rebate.  The Dlinks have very high
> quality radio receivers inside them too allowing their range to rival the
> much more expensive Ciscos.  Its my favorite card to take out on a nice
> day.
>
> Since the recieve radio is the most expensive part of the card to make and
> largely determines your maximum range, it is a good measure of quality:
>
> http://www.freenetworks.org/moin/index.cgi/ReceiveSensitivity
>
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