From: "Bob" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2328040 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:55:15 -0500 Received: from static-71-171-102-26.clppva.fios.verizon.net ([71.171.102.26] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1Lb4Uo-0003Eu-D6 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:55:14 -0500 Received: from relay03.pair.com ([209.68.5.17]:2991) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Lb4Uj-0002kz-0p for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:55:05 -0500 Received: (qmail 58374 invoked from network); 22 Feb 2009 02:48:21 -0000 Received: from 173.51.152.222 (HELO Saturn.home) (173.51.152.222) by relay03.pair.com with SMTP; 22 Feb 2009 02:48:21 -0000 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A010203.49A0BE89.0060,ss=1,fgs=0 X-pair-Authenticated: 173.51.152.222 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:48:20 -0800 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] 3Com wireless card MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: The Polarbar Mailer; version=1.26dev; build=2264 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: _SUMMARY_ Message-ID: ** Reply to message from "Ray Davison" on Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:15:10 -0800 > > The best advice for older machines without built-in Wi-Fi > > Or maybe newer machines that don't yet have support? > > > at this point > > is probably an external (bridge) device which connects to the ethernet > > port. These are driver-independent and offer the full range of security > > and performance (802.11a/b/g/n - I think they come in n). > > > I have a TRENDNet TEW-421PC. Is that the sort of thing you are > refereeing to? No. At least I don't think that is what he was referring to since GENMAC does not support PC Cards. What I use with an old laptop that has a wired NIC is a wireless game adapter. There are a few different devices available. What I have is a Linksys WGA54G. -- Robert Blair