If you want a real solution that will work and don't want the cheap, easy, fast way. Check out Alvarions wireless solutions. All of their products are FHSS (frequency hopping spread spectrum) on top of 128 bit RC4 crypto. A bit pricey but worth it if your looking for wireless with some security. Oviously wireless isen't the way to go if your transmitting highly sensitive data but for home use it's great. Go with their BreezeAccess or BreezeNet product lines. If you don't like Alvarion. Just stay away from DSSS products.
Cheers, Chris Ryanor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zulu One" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:47 PM Subject: wireless LAN hardware: decisions, decisions > As the admin of my two-host (desktop/laptop) network, I will shortly be upgrading to wireless LAN, and, as a silent list reader for a few months now, I think it's time I asked > a question or two on this topic. > > Can anyone recommend a good wireless LAN PCMCIA card & access point combination for me? I am looking for ease of use and security, for not too much money (since > I'm paying for it), and it will have to work under M$Win98, M$WinXP, and Mandrake 8.2. Oh, and I might want to war drive one day (for amusement only: I'm more of a > whitehat than a 1337 d00d). > > As well, once I've done this, can someone outline the levels of security I will need on both hosts. I can look up any techniques mentioned, but I find Google a bit lacking > in terms of overviews. > > Thanks in anticipation of many helpful replies, and long live the list. > > This programmer powered by Caffeine v2.1 -- performance without `sleep`. > >
