Wireless card for laptop

Gangsta

I know this may have been asked before but wat is the best wireless lan card for laptop (PCMIA or sumtin like dat). I'd like to buy it online if possible (komplett,dabs etc.)

snappieT

No problem

By the way, its PCMCIA card!

In general, the best card to get is the same as the one that you have for your other networking equipment. i have a belkin router, switch and card, for example.

So, what is the make of the other stiff you are using.

If you are only going to be using it in WiFi hotspots (airports, train stations) then it doesn't really matter. Make sure it's 802.11g (the up-and-coming one) and that it is certified on www.wi-fi.org

If you can, it might be worth shelling out for one by your computer manufacturer (Dell make some, for example)

Feel free to pass any by me and i'll tell you what the story is with them

Fobia

There's no "best" as such, it all depends on what you need it for.

You might be able to get a bargain from the irishwan site (www.irishwan.org/boards)

http://www.irishwan.org/board/showthread.php?t=1880 for example.

I use some kind of orinoco but I can't remember which

Of course I'm not the best person to advise but most standard wireless cards off komplett or whatever should work.

Good luck.

oscarBravo

snapscan1212p wrote:

In general, the best card to get is the same as the one that you have for your other networking equipment.

I've heard this theory before, but never seen a good explanation for it. I have an eclectic mixture of wireless equipment (at least eight different brands in more than twenty locations) and I've never come across any interoperability problems. What's the reason for recommending brand uniformity? Isn't that the whole point of standards?

snappieT

oscarBravo wrote:

I've heard this theory before, but never seen a good explanation for it. I have an eclectic mixture of wireless equipment (at least eight different brands in more than twenty locations) and I've never come across any interoperability problems. What's the reason for recommending brand uniformity? Isn't that the whole point of standards?

Though there is an idea of standared (11 mbps for b, 54 for g), when you use same manufacture stuff (like my belkin setup) you can get burst speeds. The equipment is optimised to work with it's siblings.

I often get speeds of 100 mbps, something that wouldn't be possible if everything wasn't Belkin.

It's like encoding a movie with DivX, then playing it back in media player... it just runs better in DivX player

voxpop

i have a cheapish smc card - work great in windows and linux. I have the 802.11b version of this . There is also a cnet card on komplett for 37e - which is dirt cheap. The major thing to check with these card (if you want it to run in linux) is the chipset used. Anything based on orinoco or admtek chips should be fine. But even the chipset wont matter if you use the ndiswrapper

Bob24

I've allways used Linksys equipment : it 's not to expensive and works great.
The WPC54G and WPC54GS are good cards.

tomk

I use this 3Com one - like some above, chosen for Linux compatibility. Works fine in Windoze, too.

Gangsta

Hows this one http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=301534&cks=PRL ?
I'm going to be using it for the hotspots n NUIG and some Counter-Strike through their internet connection:D

Fobia

Gaming ports are blocked by NUIG's firewall.....

good luck

Gangsta

but hows the card?

Bob24

Gangsta wrote:

but hows the card?

Sorry, I don't really know CNet ...
But for 10 more euros I would go for the 3Com