I have that exact SMC card that you're talking about. I bought it just a couple of weeks ago. The 22Mbps speed is what grabbed me. I bought it along with a 22Mbps SMC gateway router so that I'd get the faster speed on my little internal network.
Card works fine for me for personal use in my apt. (i.e. accessing the Net from my laptop in bed), but then again I don't run a big powerful public access point like most of the list members here do. I haven't taken it out in public yet either (i.e., surfing from Bowling Green, or Bryant, or Tomkins Parks). Will give that a whirl one day. Keep in mind also that most routers and AP's don't support 22Mbps yet. So if you're taking it out in public, you'll probably be only getting a max of 11Mbps anyway. So anyway, my opinion would be: fine for my limited use so far, but I really haven't put it through the wringer yet. HTH, DR On Friday 03 January 2003 09:54 am, Zephyr wrote: > Thanx for the advice, Kevin. I haven't seen any Cisco > or Orinoco cards in the stores I've been into though. > I used an Orinoco card this past summer when i was > working overseas, but it was a rental. > > What about the SMC card I was referring to? Have you > heard of it before? It's supposed to go up to 22 mbps > with up to 256 bit encryption. The box is still > unopened. > > Frank -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
