I'd say gold over silver, 128 bit encryption. I have one of older Orinoco cards, it still says "Wavelan" on it. Benjamin E. Neigebauer Software Engineer Compellent Technologies Eden Prairie, MN 55344 -----Original Message----- From: Tom Penney [mailto:blots at visi.com] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:46 AM To: TCLUG Subject: Re: [TCLUG] wireless pcmcia card recommendations?.. You mean I might actually be able to use my home wireless network? I bought an SMC access point/router and SMC 802.11b card. The box said 1500ft range. I'm lucky to get 20ft and only if there are no walls in the way. Kind of useless. I can't work outside on the deck like I'd hoped. LOL. I see several orinoco gold cards on ebay <$50. lots of external antennas too. Would you recommend the silver over the gold? - Tom On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 10:08, Clay Fandre wrote: > I second the Orinoco card. I have 2 laptops, one with an Orinoco > Silver and another with a Linksys. I'm lucky to get a signal in many > parts of my house with the Linksys while the Orinoco has no problems > at all. Plus the Orinoco has an external antenna connector if I really > want to have some fun. > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Adam wrote: > > > I'm running an Proxim Orinoco Silver card and have had great success with > > it. It has a much better antenna than my linksys or netgear wifi cards. > > Works will with RH9 havent tried it with 8. > > > > Adam > > > > > > > Matt Thoren wrote: > > >> I am considering buying a wireless pcmcia card for my laptop running > > >> RH8. > > >> What is the most linux friendly card to buy? > > > > > > no experience personally, my laptop has wi-fi built in. You want a Prism > > > based chipset I believe. I've heard good things about Netgear MA401, > > > which is a 16-bit card, but again, not personal experience with it. > > > It also depends on what speed/standard you want to interface with. > > > 802.11b is probably in most widespread usage. > > > > > > you could also try asking the wireless users group (TCWUG) > > > http://www.tcwug.org/ > > > > > >> Where are the best wifi locations in the Twin Cities? > > > > > > I've put together a small list of some wireless spots here: > > > http://thinkunix.net/unix/networking/wireless/ > > > > > > -- > > > scot > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Tom Penney <blots at visi.com> _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list