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there.

The Addtron cards use the Prism II chipset.  The linux-wlan driver, 
frankly, sucks.  No stats, no ability to set rates, query signal
strength, etc.  If it drops connections (which happens a lot with the
range so limited) you have to pop the card and re-insert it.  Worse,
it doesn't support AP or add-hoc mode.  Couldn't even get the
WEP support working, and it seems that the AP might not even be doing
ESSIDs.

THe latest versions of pcmcia-cs have a wvlan driver which supports the
cards and is MUCH nicer.  Though I haven't been able to get AP mode to
work.

Kevin's wavelan cards work just fine with the AP.  They have an antenna
that's as thick as the card, unlike most others.  It IS bolted on to the
card, doesn't come off.  I would personally try the Dlink cards were
I to do it again.  I have a spare Addtron card if anyone wants to try
it or is interested in it.

The wavelan cards seem to be the way to go, but they are around
$160 each.

>PCMCIA cards and an access point. I did some searching on pricewatch and found 
>that DLink has some cheap stuff. Does anybody know what the driver situation 

No idea what the chipset is.  I suspect it might also be a Prism II.

You can check out the setup at the office tomorrow.

Sean
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