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Date:  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 17:06:42 -0500
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] 11g Cards

On 12/13/2003 01:50 pm, David Butkovich thus wrote :

>On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:33:13 -0500, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>
>  
>
>>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.
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Which 802.11g card is 16-bit? I'm not familiar with the particular 
>>implementations.
>>    
>>
>
>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 .
>
>  
>
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.
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>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.
>
>  
>
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)?

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Lewis 
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