** Reply to message from Lewis G Rosenthal <lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com> on
Sat, 14 May 2005 23:05:13 -0400
> I am so sorry I've missed the fun in this thread for these so many days
> (Warpstock - and work - have kept me busy since tax season ended).
>
> A couple short thoughts:
>
> * Why is the Cisco 350 no longer in the picture, Stan? I still have
> several of these cards, having been sent an "unwanted" shipment of
> another five pieces about a month ago. If you need one, just let
> me know.
It is the subject of an insurance claim and a police inquiry, because it was in
the backpack, along with the floppy drive (that I never used anyway), from
which I was "separated". I'm fortunate that the T21 wasn't in the backpack,
which I was carrying to hold some other stuff.
I've bought a ASUS WL330g.
> * The 802.11g router will slow down to 11b bandwidth as soon as a
> single 11b client connects; that's the nature of the beast.
> * Ethernet -> 802.11x devices are fairly common these days, thanks
> to game consoles with built-in wired ethernet. These devices do
> indeed configure via a web browser and use your existing wired
> ethernet adapter to bridge the connection to your machine. They
> work with ANY OS, too, and are available in 802.11g flavors.
> They're a little klutsy for notebooks, however, as they still
> require power from somewhere 9I don't know of any which draw power
> from the USB port, but this would be the way I would design one
> from the ground up).
Actually, the ASUS WL330g cam be powered from either the USB port or a power
plug.
> * Please go easy on the criticism of upstate New York. It's not the
> fault of those of us downstate in Suffolk County (or even those
> upstate) that we have two of the most liberal senators in
> Washington, that one of them is a carpet-bagger, and that neither
> has had an original idea since the one which came over each of
> them to actually run for office in our beautiful state. Yes, it's
> colder than a witch's t*t up there. Yes, there's snow for ten
> months out of the year. Yes, Troy isn't the prettiest little city
> I've ever seen (personally, I like Rochester). And while Rome
> wasn't built in a day, neither was Syracuse (okay, I stole that
> one from the Three Stooges, but I couldn't resist...). The bottom
> line is that the Jewish Alps...er...Catskills are still some of
> the prettiest sights on the east coast, as are the
> Adirondacks...as long as you're a mountain person like I am. ;-)
You are very loyal.
> On 05/02/2005 02:44 pm, Stan Goodman thus wrote :
>
> >While I was abroad recently, I acquired a Cisco 350 card and installed it in my
> >T21. The installation and configuration were a lead-pipe cinch, completely
> >intuitive, and I was able immediately to use the computer with the hotspot of
> >the hotel I stayed at in Salt Lake City
> >
> >Recalling the fuss I made over needing to know the experience of others, and a
> >checklist of their procedures, I can see that it was all much ado about
> >nothing, and I'm sorry for exercising the group for very little purpose. (In my
> >defense, the situation was not helped by the advice of another user, who told
> >me flat out that I must seek the advice of someone who had been through the
> >process, because it was unlikely that I would succeed unaided.)
> >
> >Unfortunately, the Cisco 350 is no longer in the picture, and I need to acquire
> >another card. In the meantime, I had also acquired a Netgear 802.11b/g access
> >point to use at home. This raises the question of whether there is any
> >802.11g-capable card that is supported, even if only in 802.11b mode -- the
> >802.11g mode would still be useful with Linux, which I am preparing to install
> >in the laptop machine. If not, I might resort to simply doing all on-line work
> >in Linux, with say, a Netgear 802.11g wifi card.
--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel
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