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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