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Miles wrote:
> I am trying to figure out what wireless network card to buy for my OS/2 machines but 
> it's not really clear which ones are going to work well.  Is there a short list of 
> good cards for OS/2?  I'm also worried about getting drivers for these cards.  
> 
> I'm assuming that I can't go out and buy a new card and will need to get something 
> off of ebay.  Maybe I'm wrong about that though.


What kind of system?  You have to be specific as to hardware(desktop, 
laptop, laptop with builtin wireless)  and whether you are running eCS-MCP 
or older on it since at least two of the drivers are only available with an 
eCS license or SWC subscription.  Also what kind of wireless connection do 
yourequire?  The older 802.11b is 1mbps but you can still obtain PCMCIA 
cards on eBay that will work.  For now the only solutions for the newer 
802.11g are either built-in mini-PCI cards for laptops or a wireless 
bridge. See below.

I recently posted the following to the eCS-Technical mailing list:

"If its a laptop with built-in wireless you may be in luck as the recent
release of a GenMac driver (available from ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/genmac
though that is the original 1.0 version.  A 1.7 version is supposed to be
released soon that works better for a number of people).  You might also
want to get the Wireless LAN Monitor which works with GenMac or some of the
older wireless drivers for ease of setup and configuration -
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wlan   This works as either standalone or as an
Xcenter/eCenter widget.

If its a laptop without built-in wireless but PCMCIA support you can find a
limited number of 802.11b cards that have drivers (Ones I am aware of that
can still be found if you look hard enough are the IBM High Rate PCMCIA
(Requires either a Software Choice subscription or eCS license), The Cisco
340 or 350 card and the Lucent cards (these last two never left beta
testing status but can be obtained if you ask).  802.11b cards will work
with 802.11g networks just at the slower 11mbps speed and depending on the
router may slow all the traffic through that router to the slower speed.

If you mean a desktop that would require a PCI wireless card, there is at
least one that worked with one of the drivers but I don't recall what brand
and it was also 802.11b.  I do know we gave one away at Warpstock a couple
years ago.

Another solution is a wireless bridge. These are often sold as video game
wireless adapters but  they just plug into an existing ethernet port and
can then establish a connection with a wireless network.   These are OS
agnostic and can be configured using a web browser.  For an example of one
see Daniela Engert's article in VOICE -
http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0305H/vnewsf4.htm "


Mark


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  From the eComStation Desktop of: Mark Dodel

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