On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Tom Penney wrote: > 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? > Go for the gold! The gold has 128-bit encryption vs 64-bit for the Silver. Actually now that I think about it, I have the gold. _______________________________________________ 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