Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:18:28 -0500 Subject: Wireless Wallstreet From: Stephen Kerney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The recent thread about base stations whetted my appetite for wireless. I've also been longing to break the built-in 10 Meg, half-duplex LAN limitation I've got so now sounds like a good time to buy once I get my facts straight.
Today I went to CompUSA to check out the Buffalo that was mentioned and want
to verify a fact I was sold (I mean told).
Assuming I get an 802.11g base station (Apple or otherwise), can I use one
of the faster, "up to 54 Mbps" (ignoring the 108 Mbps flavor out there for
the time being) non-Apple 802.11g PC cards with my 233 MHz Wallstreet II and
if so, can I expect to see greater than 10 Mbps throughput (e.g., LAN file
xfer) or do I have to live with the slower Apple-only "internal" card as the
CompUSA sales rep indicated and just live with the 10 Meg 1/2 duplex
limitation enjoying the wireless freedom but not a theoretical 5 fold one
way speed increase?
I'd hate to buy an 802.11g PC card and find it doesn't work or get one the
works but have 1 Mbit throughput!
Thanks.
Steve Kerney
There is no Apple-only "internal" card for Wallstreets, in fact no internal card at all. That option came with the Pismo in 2000.
Check out the free driver at http://wirelessdriver.sourceforge.net/ to see if the card you're interested in is supported. I use it for a 802.11b Wavelan card. You can also test drive the IOxperts driver for 30 minutes at a time, it's $20 to purchase.
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