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Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile Is it possible to find a pair of 802.11b wireless cards for around $120? What is a good, cheap place to pick these up (not eBay)? 05-20-2001 15:03:07

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) lensman Profile | Email Best I've seen recently is $80 each after rebate from best buy a few weeks ago. That offer is over. 05-20-2001 16:45:36

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Groch Profile | Email If you want to roll the dice a bit http://store.yahoo.com/justdeals/netsol.html has cards for $50 each that appear to be 802.11 compliant. The SBA wireless stuff is described in detail at the MFG site http://www.leartery.com, and the access point looks exactly like my SMC. The only other retailer I know for this brand is Tigerdirect, that's not a good sign, but it could be just rebranded SMC stuff, in that case its a great deal. If you decide to give it a shot let us know how it works out. 05-20-2001 18:12:32

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile Wow Groch, $50 apiece, that looks good... Is there a problem using two different brands? I would think there shouldn't be. I may get a different brand one to use with my ePod. 05-20-2001 20:48:26

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) laserfan Profile Re: different brands I have a Linksys wireless router/access point which, as best as I can tell, should work w/these cards as it is DSSS not FHSS (direct vs. hopping). I'm gonna order one and try it out. Paid $120 for the Linksys card so this would be a great deal if it's compatible. 05-21-2001 04:56:08

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Groch Profile | Email I ordered one as well. Too bad they are out of the PCI docking card. These sure look like OEMd SMCs & use the same software. The same site has a JAZ case on closeout for $7 that looks like it would fit the CF-01, with the flat $11 shipping they charge might as well give it a try. 05-21-2001 05:28:32

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile Well, took the plunge, looked too good to pass up. At $50 a card new, whatever we get it will likely go for $50 on eBay if it's no good :) 05-22-2001 13:38:38

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile Oh, crap...accidentally put a couple extra in my cart. And no phone number, merde. 05-22-2001 13:41:26

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) wesbc Profile | Email Hey, whenever anyone get there's please let us know how it is. I'm interested in getting some myself. Thanks 05-24-2001 19:29:42

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) tightwad Profile I received my cheap PC Leartery 802.11b card today, and I can't get it to work in either the epods or the cf-01. The drivers they provide for windows are exactly the same as the drivers that work fine with my SMC 802.11b card. So the cheap card is obviously a prism card. The SMC works great, but can't get this thing to work. Wondering if the Leartery requires a higher PCMCIA interface . . . ? The web site lists win98 and up, but does not list win95. Maybe that has something to do with it? Any help or other experiences would be appreciated. 05-24-2001 21:35:34

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) paqman Profile Yeah, it could be a cardbus just like the D-Link DWL-650. I have one of those DWL-650, and also a Netgear pcmcia card. Both of them are based on the prism chipset, but the D-Link requires cardbus interface and it didn't work on the CF-01. Gave me some unnecessary headache -_- By the way, I seem to be able to run the CF-01 only for around 30-40 minutes with the Netgear wireless card before I get the low-battery warning. Is that normal? I've tried setting the PowerSavingMode on the Netgear and although it retains the connection (the light stays on) I couldn't get anything to work (ping, tracert, netbios browsing, etc). Any ideas...? Thanks! 05-25-2001 06:03:06

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile Oh, %#$&*( $#!% !!!!!! I ordered like a few. Can anyone try them in a laptop? They say they are only PCMCIA not CardBus... Crapola^2 05-25-2001 13:28:58

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Webpadnut Profile Hi Guys! Just a little FYI on pcmcia. There are 2 flavors of pcmcia cards (I'm not talking about Type II, etc.) a "R2" card and "Cardbus" card. It means basically this- R2 cards=ISA bus, and Cardbus=PCI bus. Looking at a "Cardbus" card, you can easily identify these by the gold colored 'contact strips' near the connector of the cards (they have small bumps about 10 total on each side). If there are no gold contact strips with little bumps on them, it's not a "Cardbus" card. Cardbus is also a 32-bit interface, standard pcmcia (no gold strips) are 16-bit interface. These look to be R2 cards, from the pictures anyway. Hope this helps! For what it's worth, I'm a software test engineer for Microsoft in the laptop/mobile division so I deal with these types of cards everyday. -Webpadnut 05-25-2001 13:45:26

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) tightwad Profile According to the manual at Manual.pdf, the card requires "PCMCIA 2.10 compliant card and socket services." No gold contacts. PCMCIA 2.1 is the 16 bit variety. Why won't it work? Anyone try it yet with win98? 05-25-2001 15:54:27

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) yellow1 Profile | Email Tightwad, how "bad" doesn't it work: 1) Doesn't get recognized ? 2) Can't install the drivers 3) Can't install the configuration app 4) Can't get a signal 5) Running in Adhoc or AP ? thanks, $50 is really a good price but I've found that the Prism PCMCIA had a shorter range than the Lucent based cards. 05-25-2001 17:04:02

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) tightwad Profile Yellow1 1. Card is not picked-up as pnp,at windows start, or on the add new hardware search. 2. Drivers install manually. After you start install, windows identifies card as plug and play, goes ahead with install. 3. Configuration app installed, but try to run (before & after reboot), app claims no wireless adapter present and quits. 4. Can't get a signal. Card light flashes briefly while win95 is booting, then never again. No windows networking sign-in. It does appear in the system applet, with an asterisk, and there is no resources tab on the properties sheet (SMC has resources). Tried reinstalling driver to no avail. 5. Running AP (SMC), infrastructure mode. This seems to me to be non-recognition, either by the hardware or by windows. Maybe I got a defective card? Anyone else use one of these yet? 05-25-2001 19:05:40

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile I sent an email to LeArtery. They replied quickly the first time I asked a question, maybe they can shed some light... I told them the cards had been tried in a couple of devices, one WinCE the other Win95, and that neither worked, but SMC cards did. I'll see what they say to me... 05-25-2001 19:42:14

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) bus_depot Profile I had something similar happen with a Linksys 802.11b card I used on a CF-01 at my shop. Twice I installed the drivers and the CF-01 did not see the card, so I uninstalled and tried again for lack of a better idea. The third time it worked perfectly and has ever since, although I'd done nothing different that I know of. I also used a Proxim 4402 card (not 802.11b) on a CF-01, and the unit recognized and worked with that card instantly without a hitch. 05-25-2001 19:44:38

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) tightwad Profile Progress of sorts. I turned off "automatic selection" of shared memory for card services, in the PC Card\global settings tab. Plug and play then worked, the card is recognized and installs, and is allocated resources. Connect light on the card stays on. But windows reports that the card is set up wrong and can't run. Tried changing the card's resources, and reinstalling, to no avail. Change the hex numbers in the pc card shared memory? This is beyond me . . . 05-25-2001 19:57:11

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Groch Profile | Email Tightwad, you are right about the drivers being identical to SMC drivers. I am not sure what version of the Leartery drivers come with the card because mine won't arrive til the 30th. However the drivers posted on the Lerartery site are identical to SMC ver 1.26 drivers, and SMC now has newer 1.27 drivers on its site. You might try them. SMC clearly indicates these generic Prism drivers are compatible with windows 95. As the LeArtery site is pretty sparce you might also check the SMC site for additional installation troubleshooting information. 05-26-2001 01:53:09

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) laserfan Profile I have one of these leartery (sp?) $49 cards on-the-way also and will try it in my Win98SE-updated CF-01, where presently a Linksys wireless card is working great (which is borrowed from my SO's laptop). BTW I was dismayed to learn "the hard way" about Cardbus vs. 16-bit cards last night. A hardwired Ethernet card that I expected to work in my CF-01 DID NOT EVEN PLUG IN, it has different physical sides/slides to it than a 16-bit card. Amazing how hard it was for me to find any basic info on this issue either on the PCMCIA assn site or just doing a google on it. I guess I'm supposed to be happy that I've "learned something new every day" with these gizmos, but some times it gets sorta flustrating! 05-26-2001 08:47:42

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) jamesd1343 Profile couldnt resist! got in on one of the $199 deals also...wont see it for another week or so. In the meantime, please keep us updated as to the status of these cards in the cf-01. I agree they do appear to be 16bit cards. I emailed support but havent heard back yet. Im keeping my fingers crossed its a driver issue. Please also keep us posted as to whether the access point interoperates with other 802.11b cards with/without encryption enabled. 05-29-2001 07:11:46

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) wesbc Profile | Email Since we are on the topic of wireless, I would like to hear what people recommened for wireless cards. I'm still very new to this and recently added the SMC wireless router and now am looking for a few card. I hear that the lucent has better ranges and to stay away from prisim chipset. Any info would be great. Thanks Wilson 05-29-2001 10:47:51

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) jamesd1343 Profile HERE'S THE REPLY TO MY E-MAIL (not encouraging on the technical support end) Hi James, I am not sure LN101 works with 16bit slot, but it do work with P133MHz note book systems. Sincerely, Stephen 05-29-2001 11:38:16

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) PeteC Profile I am currently using Lucent Bronze, Silver and Gold cards. I also use the same cards on the E-Pods and Sony Vaio. I have not had any problems with the Lucent cards and a while ago the Bronze cards were being offered on the Internet Appliance flea market for $25 each. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InternetApplianceFleamarket I have not seen any but if you contact original seller he may have more of them. They worked and the price was right. I also currently use a Lucent AP-1000 bridge and NT2000 Terminal Server. Both work well. Range is my house all floors (bridge is in basement and I live in a two story house and have no antenna installed on the AP-1000) BUT the Bronze card is NOT 802.11b just 802.11. At this time I am not paranoid about my neighbors hacking into my network. 05-29-2001 15:44:29

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile Got my cards today, not too bad. Work great between my laptop and desktop at 11mbps. For $120 shipped, I think it was worth it. However, I have yet to get them working in CF-01 or ePods (and nobody else has had any luck as of yet right?) which was my reason for buying them...hmm...gonna keep trying for a while anyway. 05-30-2001 13:19:41

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) laserfan Profile I too received my card today and it is working fine w/my CF-01 as evidenced by this post. Haven't looked too closely at the Driver for it yet but it appears to be the same as the Linksys card (which I also have) and in fact the Linksys utility which shows the connection status and speed is running so I didn't have to install Leartery's utility program (again, is probably identical to Linksys?). I must note that I am running W98SE not W95 (w/98lite chubby and Opera not IE). IT WORKS! Unfortunately I only needed 1 (!) and thus paid $10.95 or so for shipping, but still was 1/2 of Linksys cost, tho this SyncBy Air device, otherwise similar physically, has only a power LED and no comm led as the Linksys does. 05-30-2001 16:08:40

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile I am really close on both CF-01 and the ePods. On CF-01, I got it recognized first time around, installed fine. However, I am having difficulties updating to the latest drivers. Utility works OK to, got it scanning and everything. Only problem, no connection to my PC. No warnings or errors, only can't get connected. On ePods, I the prism drivers actually have one for the LeArtery card. It scans and now even says "associating" but my PC is not responding to it either. I would suspect PC, but it has no problems with laptop using the wireless card...again, no errors or anything, just can't connect. 05-30-2001 18:55:59

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) laserfan Profile SiliconIce, I'm pretty sure that the drivers on LeArtery's web site are the same as those on the CD enclosed w/the card ie. they're not changed from late 2000. You haven't forgotten to set up the card have you? You want to first tell it what SSID and channel your WAP is set for (in my case 'linksys' and ch 06) and you also have to set the TCP/IP properties correctly in the Network Control Panel? I don't use DHCP so have to set these manually e.g. IP address, gateway, et. al. 05-30-2001 19:08:31

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile Yep, got the card all setup and configured, did the same stuff I did on the laptop. Laptop works, CF-01 does not...laptop has Win98 though and I've left 95 on my CF-01. Don't have a 98 disc that I can use either. I have a WinME disc but ugh, not trying that one. I have installed TCP/IP and tried the card in both ad-hoc modes. Set the right channels. Hmm...I think I'll give manual setup a try. On a side not, ePods tells me it is "associating" but the PC is not responding to it at all. 05-30-2001 21:04:30

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile wirelessly from mycf-01!!!!! ALL I DID WaS USE THE WIN HOME NETWORK wizard to make a disk this sucks for typing 05-30-2001 21:34:35

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Groch Profile | Email My card just arrived. It is physically identical to my SMC card, and shares the same FCC Id#. It was made in Taiwan while the SMC is of Indonesian origin, but they seem otherwise the same. I hoped the SMC drivers would work but I did have to load the Lartery ones. It immediately configured with my SMC utilities and access point and worked fine with no tweaking on my win 98Lite Cf-01. I will try it on win95 later today if no one has got that going yet. 05-31-2001 08:46:41

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile Groch- You don't happen to have wireless working on an ePods do you? I can't seem to connect from the ePods...but it seems it should. I guess I should put this on the ePods board. 05-31-2001 13:21:45

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Groch Profile | Email The LeArtery card works fine in the CF-01 in Win95. I plugged it in, used the drivers from the website(probably makes no difference), rebooted, and it was on, accepting all the settings from the previously installed SMC card. Once again am using an SMC Access point so your results card to card may vary but at least Leartery/CF-01/Win95 are compatible. Silicon, I have not tried it with the Epods, I hard booted it removing all the network stuff and haven't got around to reinstalling. I may get a chance over the weekend, but I would be surprized if it did not work. 05-31-2001 17:35:09

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) flextalk Profile It also worked for me got mine today I just extracted to floppy and loaded drivers while docked. Just wanted to reconfirm that it does work./http://www.leartery.com 06-01-2001 13:22:37

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) thnkgrn Profile Do you have to use an access point, or can you have two cards talk to each other directly? Peace, Thnkgrn 06-01-2001 13:43:23

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile You can run in Ad Hoc with two cards and no access point. That is what I am doing. 06-02-2001 11:37:17

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Pat the Hack Profile It is true, that you can use it in Ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) mode, rather than base station and this is exactly how I had my wireless network initially set up. However, I found that I could use my Powerbook and a Lucent card to act as a "software base station" and realized a manifold increase in battery life. I believe this is because Peer-to-Peer tends to be far "chattier", constantly querying to see who's still out there. Using "structure-net" or "base station" and enabling power management effectively doubled my battery life from about 45 minutes to an hour and a half. I don't know if there is any way of doing this in Windows - I wish there was as my powerbook is a bit flakey since I tricked it into running the software under 8.6 (s'posed to work under 9.0 and above, but I need more memory to run that). Any one have any thoughts here? Patrick BTW, while 802.11b can give you up to 11mb, in practice, vanilla 802.11 (which I picked up used for $20 a pop) go at 2mb and this is more than fast enough for my DSL... 06-03-2001 18:41:09

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile Pat: So what you are doing is using your PC (or laptop I guess) as sort of a "virtual" access point? I think I'll try that in Windows, I wonder if it's possible. I could use some more battery life! 06-03-2001 19:10:33

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) RoyalBlood Profile | Email Folks, I've read through this thread a couple of times and I'm having a hard time figuring out what the concensus is on the following criteria. 1) Best value for money, tried and tested wireless solution for the CF-01 2) Procedures for setting up a virgin cf-01 machine to use wireless ethernet. 3) Best method of web browsing ? Terminal Server vs Just using IE5 on CF-01. I've tried to piece this together from the multiple threads but there seem to be no real conclusions and in some cases conflicting messages. Appreciate any help you can assist, been extremely impressed by the camradare and enthusiasm on this board and looking forward to becoming an active member. RoyalBlood. 06-04-2001 19:06:44

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Groch Profile | Email Royalblood, It turns out its simple to set up the CF-01 for internet access. Unlike the Epods, as a full Windows 95/98 machine it has plenty of horsepower for web browsing without going to terminal services. If you act quick enough to get one (looks like Justdeals is running low)the Leartery cards work great. They are compatible with other 802.11b cards at half the price. Using an access point is the simplest solution, and the price on the Leartery package on the same site is quite good too. I have not used the ad hoc solutions, but it sounds like those work well but run the battery down quicker, which already is none to long on the CF=01. 06-04-2001 20:09:21

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) laserfan Profile >there seem to be no real conclusions and in some cases conflicting messages. Welcome to linux-hacker.net. I'm no hacker (well, maybe I am NOW w/my iOpener and Tivo both hardware & software-enhanced) but part of the fun has been the challenge of trying to figure out what-works-with-what, as everyone is usually using slightly different HW or OSes or has different end-goals or interests. So if you must have a "consensus" then you're in the wrong place for sure! I have successfully, easily used both the LeArtery and Linksys wireless PC Cards in my CF-01, and the LeArtery $50 works fine--why pay more? I have a Linksys WAP which cost something like $250 from ProVantage. My CF-01 is running 98lite Chubby without IE installed (using Opera right now) but there is plenty of RAM left (the 24Megs is fine; 92% resources free; why install more RAM?) so I might go ahead and load IE anyway. Good luck but again, you ain't gonna find no easy answers or consensus here, methinks, nor should you expect these. 06-04-2001 21:01:51

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile I can say that setting up the LeArtery cards on my CF-01 was very easy. I had never done any wireless stuff before and it was a piece of cake, no problems whatsoever for me to setup my AdHoc config. I let Windows (stock 95b) do the plug-and-play detect and pointed it to the unzipped drivers, then installed the utilities. Rebooted both machines and they were talking! They are definitely the best value hands down at $50, and only $10 for the PCI adapter. I am using IE4 but it is surprisingly zippy on the 133Mhz CF-01 (my slow ePod could be skewing my judgement :) I think my battery has been lasting about an hour while surfing wirelessly from the sofa, not terrible. I highly reccommend these cards! 06-04-2001 21:08:24

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) RoyalBlood Profile | Email Thanks for all the advice. Purchased the LeArtery Access Point + 2 cards for my incoming CF-01 and existing laptop. Planning on installing Win98 SE Lite Chubby and taking it from there. RoyalBlood 06-04-2001 21:32:56

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SiliconIce Profile JustDeals now has 9(!) left, they are going fast! 06-04-2001 22:42:07

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Pat the Hack Profile hey SiliconIce, where'd you see the PCI adapter for $10? 06-04-2001 23:50:40

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Groch Profile | Email I believe Silicon was referring to the fact that Justdeals had the combo PCI adaptor/PCMCIA card model for $59, which is $10 more than just the PCMCIA card. It is, however, sadly no longer on their site. 06-05-2001 05:02:43

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) wesbc Profile | Email Ok, this is the best deal I have ever found for a NAME BRAND wireless card. This is the first place I will be posting this so I want you all to have first chance of getting them. On this weekend's flyer for Staples, they list the Linksys 802.11b card for 150 - 50 rebate. But go to www.staples.com and search for Product number 449418 and the same Linksys card is listed for only $130. Now go to either www.techbargains.com or www.dealnews.com to find a coupon for $25 off $100. That knocks it down to $105 Shipped. minus the rebate and you can have this for only $55! Plus tax where applicable. Now HURRY! O, and pick up some free CDR while you at it. The PNY 10 pack is $6 - $6 rebate. I missed out on that. :P Another note, if it shows out of stock, check back like every 3-6 hrs. When I first found this they did not have it in stock. And when I go back later, it was in stock again! GO! 06-05-2001 06:22:20

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) goldenyellow Profile Just wanted to add some information to wesbc's post above. There is also a $50 rebate for the Linksys WAP11 at Staples and can be found online at www.staples.com (purchase must be made between 5/31 and 6/9 from staples). The product item number is 457394. $249.94 - $50 rebate = 199.94 In addition, if you can get the $40 off $200 from the same places listed in wesbc's message above, you should be able to bring it down to $210 shipped (plus tax where applicable). After rebate, the net should be about $160 plus tax where applicable. 06-05-2001 08:04:56

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Perplexer Profile Good deals, guys. Also, free shipping on all orders over $50. 06-05-2001 11:24:38

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) Glitch Profile I ordered a LeArtery access point and a few cards. I hooked it up this evening. My access point runs very hot. I think that my AP is overheating and going nuts. After about 1/2 hour of "couch surfing" I lose the wireless link. When I checked the hub the lights were flashing in an abnormal way. I've done a few experiment trying to debug this thing. Currently I'm running the AP "open case". It has been running for an hour or so without incident. If you have one of these access points, would you please let me know how hot it runs? Also, would you please report on the temp of the A/C adapter? While I'm gather info... What kind of range are you getting? I'm only able to go about 25 feet from the AP before the link dies. Is there anything else unusual about how your wireless setup works? Has anyone tried an larger antennea? How did it work? Glitch Electronics run on smoke, if you let the smoke out they won't work 06-13-2001 19:46:30

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) wesbc Profile | Email Glitch Try SMC router/AP. I have one for the last few weeks and it works good. Currently it sit at my loft and my house has no centra air so it gets ver hot up there. I have not test out the distance yet. You can get one from amazon.com for approx $160 after coupon and rebate. 06-13-2001 22:24:07

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) SRW1000 Profile Help! I may have just outwitted myself. I found a great deal on the LeArtery cards at Ubid.com, where they are auctioning them off starting at $35.00. I bought two of them figuring that I would just get a Linksys PCI adapter so that I could use one of them in my CF-01 and one in my PC. Does anyone know if the Linksys adapter will work with the LeArtery card? I know LeArtery sells their own adapter, but it comes with the PC card and costs over $120.00 at Tigerdirect.com. Thanks in advance for your help. 06-18-2001 21:03:40

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) ouzome Profile I have the SMC Barricade 7004WBR (the older one, everyone is complaining about the new one). I'm not happy with the range, but I think it's due to my old house and thick walls. With all of the bad stuff I have heard about the new one (that's why it's a lot cheaper), I would look on egay. 06-19-2001 16:15:17

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) wesbc Profile | Email What are the complaints about it. I have been using mine for a few weeks now. Wired conneciton works great of course. I just started using the Linksys wireless card last week and it seems to work ok. But slower then my wired connection. I did have to resent the router once this weekend when the wireless card can't talk to the router. 06-19-2001 21:33:37

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) JamesW Profile http://www.practicallynetworked.com/reviews/smc7004awbr.asp 06-19-2001 23:41:05

RE:Cheap Wireless 802.11b? (modified 0 times) wesbc Profile | Email Well, I have only read one complaint and that was due to defective hardware. I do see that the performace crap out when WEP is enabled vs the Older router. Maybe this can be fixed with another firmware update? So far it has worked ok for me. Don't really care about the hump on top as I don't plan on stacking anything on top. Would like to have been able to attach a booster though. 06-20-2001 10:52:58

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