Am 11:31 2003-06-20 +0200 hat Joeri De Backer geschrieben: > >Hello, > >I want me to buy a wireless network PCMCIA-card >for my Acer Travelmate 280. > >Is this well supported? Which types are good? >Are there any that I shouldn't take? > >Any advice is welcome!
Hello Joeri, I am using the 'a little bit more expensive' Lucent ORINOCO cards because the quality and the performance... They are working like the heaven... OK, I use a COR-1100 and two ROR-1100 with a 10dbi OmniWave antenna and my Laptop use an external RangeExtender with 2dbi. I get around 1300 meters on an open terrain and around 500 meters in Strasbourg center. If I change my RangeExternder to an YAGI-Antenna with 14dbi I get around 2500 meter in terrain. So, I do not like to use other material... ;-)) Oh yes, the distances are between the ROR-1100 (Remote Outdoor Router) and the Laptop. My COR-1100 (Central Outdoor Router) has an Sector-Antenna (120° with 12dbi) and the first WaveLAN-Card in the ROR-1100 a YAGI-Antenna. With this combination I get around 3500 Meters WITHOUT FALLBACK and the Red-Head-Cards which are limited to 25mW/100mW. If you use the normal cards with the OmniWave-, Sector- or YAGI-Antenna you will have more then the allowed (in europe) 100mW ;-)) maybe around 200-400mW... The second WaveLAN-Card in the ROR-1100 has an OmniWave-Antenna. Please note, that at this distances I have NO FALLBACK from 11MBit to 5.5MBit. If you have a bad weather, the you have around the half power. And then, if you have only two Lucent ORINOCO cards (35mW), you can have a distance up to 300 Meters WITHOUT FALLBACK to 5.5MBit. Thats the Power of Lucent !!! May be you will put the first one in your Home Server/Router and spend 120 Euros for an OmniWave-Antenne which you install on the roof of your house ;-)) configure the cared as access point and have fun with your friends in a distance of 800 and more meters... NO EXPENSIVE COR/ROR REQUIRED. Have a nice week Michelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
