[Thinkpad] Wireless cards?

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From: Edward Mendelson (edward.mendelson_at_verizon.net)
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 14:25:19 EST


Paul Khoury suggested that we "ask away" on wireless stuff, so here
goes.

I've been using a Lucent (now Proxim) Orinoco 802.11b in my ThinkPad
600x, with excellent results - it's a lot more reliable and has a better
range than the Intel AnyPoint II card I was using before. The Orinoco is
a PCMCIA card, not CardBus. Questions:

(1) Does the (sometimes) lower power drain of a CardBus card make a
switch to CardBus worthwhile?

(2) Is there any CardBus 802.11b card that works as well as the Orinoco?
(The new Proxim 802.11a/b cards seem expensive, and if I'm going to
spend the money on a dual-standard card, I'd rather wait for one that
will work with 802.11g.)

Thanks for any information...

Edward Mendelson


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