Re: Wireless but not AirPort ???

[Nancy Lawrence]

If you decide to go with PCMIA, I recommend the Buffalo G54A (the whole 
model # is WLI-CB-G54A).  I have been using it in my Pismo and it works 
great.  I didn't have to install any drivers or anything because the OS 
apparently already recognizes it, so it was just plug-n-play.  It also 
has an external jack for an antenna if you decide that's something you 
want.  And it cost around $30 at newegg but I think that it was on sale 
at the time.

On Nov 2, 2004, at 2:00 PM, John C. Swanson wrote:
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From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry le
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Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 12:37
To: G-Books
Subject: Wireless but not AirPort ???
I am fixing a PowerBook Lombard or an IceBook
for my wife and she'll probably want it to be
wireless, but rather than spending (too much)
money on AirPort I'm thinking of buying a
standard PC basestation/sender.
Which ones work well with a Mac ? Makes ?
USB or PCMCIA ?
Larry
P.S. I have asked about this before but I recall
the topic going off rails due to Windoze topics
so I never got a real answer...
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I would recommend a Netgear base station I have had very good
experiences with them and they are completely configured through a web
interface so they are completely OS independent.
As far as a card goes I definitely recommend PCMCIA over USB.  First of
all PCMCIA is faster so you could use 802.11g (54Mbps) if you wanted 
to.
Second you usually have a sturdier device that doesn't stick as far out
the laptop.  Lastly I've personally had too many reliability problems
with USB in the past to recommend it.

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