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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Hi folks,
My brother is looking to get a wireless card for his Dell laptop this christmas, thing is, I don't feel like spending $44.10 on a Dell brand card so I was wondering what better alternatives are out there for me. He's asking for Dell True Mobile 1300 802.11b/g Wireless PC Card Any personal experience with preferred cards would be great. Thanks. EmPowered Book |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Since you're looking for a card for a PC, there should be some pretty cheap options available that work fine. I have an old Lucent Orinoco Silver (802.11b only) that I'm not using and they are only something like $10 on eBay now.
This one has 802.11b and 802.11g support, and it looks like it comes with a $13 mail-in rebate, bringing the final price (assuming you actually mail in the rebate) to just $10. |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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My uncle uses an old cheap-o Orinoco card in a Sony Vaio notebook and it's never given him any problems before.
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I got a PC card and wireless basestation for $20 new on black friday. I'm sure you can find some for much cheaper than that $44 new on ebay now.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Another quick question: what's the difference between 802.11a/b/g and are the network cards (a/b/g) specific to certain router types?
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago
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A->B->G is the progression. A was the original wireless "standard" that never really took off. It was slow but the range was great. B got faster, but the range suffered. Same with G.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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No, wrong. I don't know the exact dates when the standards were publicly released, but 802.11a is actually just as fast as 802.11g but has a short range because of the very high frequency (5 GHz instead of 2.4 GHz). There's an article comparing b to a here.
802.11g also operates at 2.4 GHz, giving it a range almost as good as 802.11b, as well as full cross-compatibility. |
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