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???:	"R. Geoffrey Newbury" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	?? ???? ?????????
???:	os2-wireless_users-owner <os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com>
??:	[OS2Wireless] 802.11g
??:	Tue, 08 Feb 05 15:32:39 -0500
??:	"os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

Hello, All I'm new to this list, (but not to OS/2). I'm thinking of purchasing a wireless card so I can make use of the wireless capabilities of the Linksys 54G router I recently bought. This subject is *quite* confusing. This list is good, but it only archives the messages and does not filter nor synthesize the results of all of your testing and playing around. So given that what is presently available is about to drop into the remainder bins, here is the question: What is the easiest (and cheapest) combination of hardware and software which I can get, today and is there any prospect that a 11g combination is likely to appear? I'm running Warp 4, FP15, DD2, upgrades to WR8425/IP8532/UN0980 and LanServer on an IBM Thinkpad 600E (triple booted with Mepis Linux (a Debian based distro) and (gak!) Win98 (which I have to use occasionally)). Note that this is the top of the TCPIP 4.0 range for OS/2. Presently this machine is using a Xircom Cardbus RBE-100 PCMCIA card for its NIC...Hoping to just plug in a wireless replacement. (One of these days, when I get a 'round tu-it' I'm going to try the upgrade to TCPIP4.1 which may, or may not, break the Lanserver side of things...It *appears* that I may be able to upgrade some of the TCPIP utilities manually so that things work. If it turned out that I could only get a wireless driver to work with a 32 bit TCPIP, then I probably could stop using server on the Thinkpad....I would revert to using Requester against the desktop and back-room server....so compatibility is a small issue). I have not bought, nor am I likely to buy Software Choice or eCS...although a recent UDF.IFS would be nice I really do think that my PVR will be Linux based... SO? What is the easiest route using a PCMCIA card? 1) Buy an Artem card and use it's driver? (Does that have a Linux and Win driver? 2) Find one of the magic Cisco 350 cards...and then where do I find the OS/2 driver which will work with it...? Links anyone? 3) Find a someothercard with a Prism?/Orinoco chipset? 4) Does it change things if I decide to get a Thinkpad T40 or X30...what exactly are the distinguishing markers between the different min-PCI cards and where do I find drivers for them? 5) Is anyone trying to make an OS/2 version of ndiswrapper? Should I wait for a .11g card and driver combo? Answers/pointers need not be long...just some thoughts please. Geoff On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:16:46 -0800, Neil Waldhauer wrote: >What is hard is to make a complete, coherent OS/2 story. There always seems to >be something missing or not quite there. 802.11 wireless is nowhere close to >the weak point for OS/2. The point is to pay close attention to the customer, >and to find what is essential. > >Right now, it's amazing we have even this much OS/2 support. Worrying about not >having 802.11g support, when it's coming anyway, seems like a waste of time. >Better to concentrate on the things we can change. R. Geoffrey Newbury newbury@mandamus.org Barrister and Solicitor Telephone: 905-271-9600 Mississauga,Ontario, Canada Facsimile: 905-271-1638 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body (omit the quotes). For help with other commands, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "help" in the body (omit the quotes). This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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