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Wireless PCMCIA cards



Drew Taylor <drew at drewtaylor.com> writes:

> My other option is the Orinoco series, specifically the Silver or Gold
> cards. There are drivers for all my needed OS'es, and they got very
> good ratings. I have found the Silver line for $60, and the Gold for
> ~$20 more. Do you know details about the differences between these two
> cards?

The Orinoco series are exactly what used to be called Lucent cards.
The only difference between the Silver and Gold is 40 v. 129-bit WEP.
Seriously, that is the ONLY difference.  They are 100% compatible
other that that.

I've got these cards, and they work great for me.

-derek

-- 
       Derek Atkins
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com




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