garyj
Newbie  Posts: 1 Registered: 19/1/03 Status: Offline |
 posted on 19/1/03 at 12:43
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Not only am I new to all this Wi-Fi stuff, I also know very little about
PCs. (My main/desktop computer runs RISC OS4) So please bear with me.
I've been trying to price up PCMCIA wireless cards for a laptop. (802.11
11Mb) but there seems to be a huge difference in price. I've seen some at
£40 and some Xircom ones at about £120.
Why so much difference in price?
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hantsbrush
Newbie Posts: 3 Registered: 19/1/03 Status: Offline |
posted on 20/1/03 at 15:24 |
I don't want to seem to be telling someone the obvious but it looks like
you've got price differentials between a complete card including the PCMCIA
part - usually the two together cost between £80 - £100 and just the
carrier bit or the actual PCI card that allows the PCMCIA to be
inserted.
It does make them somewhat expensive. The cheapest way is to use a USB card
and they also have some flexibility in siting them for best performance. If
you're only going to
use the card ina notebook then a £40 - £60 card should do the trick. After
all they all have to subscribe to the standard - I've got a mixed setup of
usb and PCI/PCMCIA cards and all works (fairly) well.
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Danny56
Newbie Posts: 4 Registered: 29/1/03 Status: Offline |
 posted on 29/1/03 at 18:10 |
| I am new to the Forum i think this is a good idea i think Wi-Fi will be the
next great communication tool i would like any one opinion on the Sprintpcs
Air Cards. |
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nkendrick
Newbie Posts: 2 Registered: 1/2/03 Status: Offline |
posted on 1/2/03 at 15:55 |
It's like anything commercial--you pays your money you makes your choice.
More expensive cards should be of better quality but you're possibly also
paying more for the brand name.
I have two Sitecom PC Card Wi-fi cards picked up at PC World (Portsmouth)
for £29.99 each and they work fine.
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Law
Newbie Posts: 8 Registered: 9/2/03 Status: Offline |
posted on 9/2/03 at 22:14 |
Go get a Agere Silver WI Fi card. The won't steer you wrong and are XP
native. It took 7 secs for it to detect, load drivers and jump on my
network.
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matthead
Newbie Posts: 1 Registered: 15/2/03 Status: Offline |
 posted on 15/2/03 at 00:16 |
WI-FI Cards are pretty much like anything else we go to buy at the shop.
The more you pay the better the quality/support you get for your money. In
principle they all do the same job.
I use Belkin PCMCIA card and a Sitecom Usb adapter. I like Belkin as they
provide FREE tech support 24 hours a day by telephone. |
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Law
Newbie Posts: 8 Registered: 9/2/03 Status: Offline |
posted on 15/2/03 at 23:39 |
Another thing to think about is the chipset on the card too. Certain
networking tools only work with certain chip sets.
-L |
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