[NCLUG] Wireless cards and Linux

[Rob Gorman]

I got some of my info came from MacInTouch.com (the SlashDot for Mac users?)
at the following URL:

http://www.macintouch.com/wirelesslanreader.html

It is relevant even though it's bent toward the Mac.

Also, just to throw one more (even lower cost?) product out there is the
Airstation from Buffalo (Melco in Japan).  It uses the Lucent chipset as
well and you don't need the MacOS to manage the device.

http://www.techworks.com/products/airstation.html

-rob

on 1/9/01 11:57 AM, Prescott Oelke wrote:

> I'm not totally sure about this as I have never used the Orinoco gateway
> (the equivalent of the airport base station). But from what I understand
> they are basically the same thing. Lucent makes both the Orinoco products
> and the Apple airport equipment. The only reason I bought the airport base
> station over the Orinoco one was price ($500 vs. $300). It might be that the
> lack of an external antenna contributes to the lack of range (and
> bandwidth), but I have never had a problem with it.
> 
> Prescott Oelke