Am Samstag, 21. April 2007 19:43 schrieb Lan Barnes: > So myth was working on server xena and had an old tulip 10 Mbt card to get > the channel listings. It _could_ play video to the other computers in the > house, but it hesitated, stuttered, and paused. > > Always one to look for a $30 fix (ever notice that it can get expensive to > be a CB?), I hit ebay and got me a D-Link AirPlus XtremeG DWL-G520 108Mbps > PCI WiFi Card. My wireless router ia a d-link DI-624 High-Speed 2.4GHz > (802.11g) Wireless 108Mbps1 Router (a lot of mark and paste here to make > sure you get accurate marketing buzz). The laptop has a DWL-G650 High > Speed 2.4GHz (802.11g) Wireless 108Mbps1 Cardbus Adapter.
D-link, poor man. Costumer had a similar problem with similar Equipment, DWL-G520, but not the 108MBit thing, regular .11g, and a DI-624 as well if I remember correctly. Ran all unencrypted and quickly understood my comments on how this is Really Really Bad, so we went WPA. Turned out the 624 didn't have enough cpu power to max out the bandwidth while encrypting it, then the 520 was troublesome, so was the d-link wifi card in his stationary machine, 5 meters from the router no signal anymore etc etc etc. We finally solved the issue by putting all this junk on eBay and get a Netgear Rangemax plus some Netgear cards. Works a charm. (I know the Netgear cards are not the best in terms of signal reception, still with consumer style the "one brand" approach is a good idea. The Rangemax however is a rather decent device, as long as one wants to attribute "decent" to any budget network equipment at all.) My 0.02. Dex -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a- C++++ UL++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- w--(---) !O M+ V- PS+ PE Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@ b++(+++) DI+++ D- G++ e* h>++ r* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ http://www.stop1984.com http://www.againsttcpa.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
