I use both the Lucent and Farallon and recommend the Lucent. Both are
PC CArd, not CardBus. In fact, ALL 802.11 wireless cards are PC Card.
The troubleshooting tools are better on the Farallon, but they have
some bugs to work out in their drivers. In addition, the Farallon
card only supports 2Mbps at this time.
The Lucent card is 11Mbps and cheaper than the Farallon. I never see
any problems with it. Though there are no good software
troubleshooting tools, the LEDs are enough to know whether you are
connected and whether traffic is flowing.
Rumor has it that Apple plans to make their Airport drivers work with
the Lucent cards. Shouldn't be hard, since they use the Lucent
chipset for the Airport.
Feel free to ask questions. I have worked with every single possible
combination of access point and adapters (well, within reason).
At 15:12 -0800 01/09/00, Alan Harper wrote:
>Can anyone give advice about the best PC card to get to allow a
>Powerbook 2400c to network under with an Airport base station?
>
>I have seen some people recommend a Lucent Wavelan card as better
>(faster, easier?) than a Farallon Skyline card, but the Skyline card
>is listed as being compatible with a 2400c (no cardbus).
>
>Thoughts?
>
>A
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