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 .

 

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.