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Date:  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:41:35 -0400
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From:  Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] 2004 Warpstock class - hardware suggestion needed

Surely, Zoltan, bring your T23. For WiFi hardware, while I am partial to 
the Cisco 350 PC Card, Stan's suggestion is a good one, if only for 
readily available driver support. You are also correct that changing 
hardware later is no major financial problem, as most cards have come 
down to reasonable levels, especially on the used market.

The Cisco 350 has much greater output power and a better antenna (I'm 
referring to the model with the internal antenna, not external) than the 
Prism-based IBM cards. I have both, and have observed the difference in 
throughput. The Cisco is definitely the better card. That said, when it 
comes to openly-available and supported drivers, the IBM is a better 
choice. We have - at this point - no idea when or if the Cisco driver 
will be made (fully) public, whether it will be "upgraded," to properly 
support even WEP, and whether it will be supported by the developer or 
IBM or Serenity.

I can't speak to experience with cards beyond the ones I've mentioned 
and the earlier LinkSys (v1, v2, v2.5) models (the LinkSys were all 
terribly inferior, IMO). On the Win32 platform, I've worked with 
Broadcom-based cards, and these, while powerful, were quite problematic 
to configure.

HTH

On 09/21/2004 10:15 am, bokeny@attglobal.net thus wrote :

>I have a ThinkPad T23.  I kind of like to take it to Denver with some sort
>of wireless connection capability.  
>
>I know the class "CL-12  : Wireless Networking with OS/2" aimed a teaching
>us how to set up WIFI, but I don't think I would loose much $ if I change my
>mind about the hardware after the Warpstock.  Or, should not even bother to
>a laptop?
>
>Any suggestion on hardware/software for a Thinkpad?
>
>TIA,
>with regards,
>Zoltan
>
>
>--
>Zoltan Bokeny <bokeny@attglobal.net>
>OS/2 Warp 4 / eCS 1.1 - MR/2 ICE V2.41 #20296
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>Fayetteville, North Carolina
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