On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:06:42 -0500, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>On 12/13/2003 01:50 pm, David Butkovich thus wrote :
>
>>On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:33:13 -0500, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
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>>>Hi, David.
>>>
>>>On 12/12/2003 08:13 pm, David Butkovich thus wrote :
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>2. Is it available in 16 bit? I still use my trusty old Toshiba.
>>>>
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>>>Which 802.11g card is 16-bit? I'm not familiar with the particular
>>>implementations.
>>>
>>>
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>>16 bit as opposed to Cardbus 32 bit. A Cardbus PCMCIA card has the row of
>>bumps along the top of the leading insertion edge .
>>
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>Oh, I know the difference between PCMCIA and CardBus cards. I was
>referring to which Wi-Fi adapter you had in mind. I don't recall which
>cards are PCMCIA and which are CardBus. I think the Buffalo cards are
>CardBus (set one up once - 'doze only, naturally, as they're based on
>the Broadcom chipset, and Broadcom - in their infinite wisdom - won't
>release their driver spec). Besides that, the only cards I've seen have
>been PCMCIA (16 bit).
>
>>>>I hate for this new AP to be wasting its capabilities.
>>>>
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>>>Don't worry! It's only a matter of time, and besides, for browsing the
>>>net, 11Mbps is more than adequate (if you're sitting on a broadband link
>>>approaching 11Mbps, then that's a different story!). Of course, if you
>>>are on a Wi-Fi segment of a 100Mbps LAN, then you might want the
>>>additional bandwidth for file transfers and such, or if you have several
>>>Wi-Fi devices, 100Mbps does divide by 10 more comfortably, but overall,
>>>11Mbps is fine. Besides, 11g does a theoretical maximum of 54Mbps, but
>>>realistically, you'll see more along the lines of 20-23Mbps, assuming
>>>there are no 11b devices in the air (in that case, the whole segment
>>>slows to 11Mbps).
>>>
>>>What AP did you get? Inquiring minds, you know...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>A Linksys WT54G which replaced a Linksys WAP11 with a Linksys W????41 router
>>combo. Both sides set up with a web browser. The downside is the reduction
>>in the number of LEDs but I can live with that. I realize I can get a
>>Cardbus 802.11g PCMCIA card for the newer Wincrap laptop I use in the
>>business world but I am looking for the OS/2 solution.
>>
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>I'm very familiar with the LinkSys WT54G. The post-Cisco-buyout firmware
>is very nice to work with. I can't say for sure about the earlier
>release(s), however. Is yours a v1.1 or v2 (can't remember which
>hardware version they released after 1.0)?
>
Just checked, it is version 1.42.2
David
David Butkovich
CM Consultants, Inc.
Ocoee, Florida USA
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