[ale] PCMCIA modem recommendations?

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Mon Mar 13 17:31:29 EST 2006


On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 16:54 -0500, Christopher Fowler wrote:

> 
> So that card has a range of 25x 802.11b standard?  That is cool but what
> about the remote device.  Does it not need to be that powerful to talk
> back?  This card would be useless when paired up with a POS weak D-Link
> 802.11b router.  I've got one installed in my dad's garage and can get
> no signal from the family room.  That is at most 200'.  I'm using a
> Linksys 802.11b Prism2 card on my laptop.
> 
It looks like it is designed to be an AP device not a client device.

I'm seeing this in use in pairs for long haul wireless links, one at
each end with directional antennae. 

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