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Date:  Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:50:35 -0500
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From: <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] 802.11g

Spake Harry,
Neil:
You've got to share. Nobody would ask you to give up your source, but
how about the make and model of the cards.

Sure, I'll look to pick up a spare on ebay. Interesting is that the
retail price of these Netgear pci cards remained high at
Staples/BestBuy while the "g" cards needed to be dumped to make room
for new "super g" and other hype.

answering:
        "Neil Waldhauer" <neil@blondeguy.com>  ' message of:
        02/07/05  at 06:09 PM,
        About:[OS2Wireless] 802.11g
>On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:50:46 -0500, htravis@attglobal.net wrote:

>> The
>> problem for us and  "b" is mostly that the prism-based "b" cards with
>> drivers are going away. (In the US) Netgear is no longer listing
>> theirs. (And, they came with 5 yr warrantees. Will I better off should
>> mine fail before Xmas '05 at age 3 and they send me a current "g" card
>> for which there's no driver?

>We've had a hardware support issue for over a decade. By the time you
>have a driver for a particular 802.11g card, the card will be
>discontinued. I solve the problem by having spares, or knowing who in
>the OS/2 world is selling parts that do work with the drivers we
>have.

>Let me put it another way. I use OS/2 (or eComStation). I buy the
>best parts I can get that have OS/2 support. I really don't care what
>other parts are out there.

>If my 802.11b card fails, I've got two sources for new ones with OS/2
>drivers.

>One reason I like the idea of GenMac so much is that I can use the
>Windows driver, and get OS/2 support from it. That is an actual
>solution to the decade-old hardware problem. Now when "this week's"
>hardware comes out, I can just use GenMac. (I hope)

HPT
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