Wireless NIC supplier?

[Brian Somers]

> Brian Somers wrote:
> > =

> > > John Murphy wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Anyone know of a retail vendor of 802.11 PCI wireless network car=
ds (which
> > > > are known to work well with FreeBSD-4.2) in the uk?
> > >
> > > Yes, FreeBSD Services Ltd :-)
> > >
> > > What do you want specifically?
> > =

> > Are the current prices for hubs and pci & pcmcia NICs reasonable ?
> > If so, I'm interested in one each of all three :-)
> =

> Depends on what you think of as reasonable :-)
> =

> I've found out a little more info since last time you asked. There's a
> residential version of the hub that's roughly =A3400. I'd have to check=
 in
> the morning what the exact price is because the dollar rate has been
> varying a lot recently to our disadvantage.
> =

> Other prices:
> =

> ORiNOCO World PC Card- Silver                   =A3232
> ORiNOCO PCI converter - base                    =A389.7

This is certainly a lot more reasonable than before, although the US =

prices were around $250 for the base station and $180 for the gold =

card ($130 for a silver).  This is all from memory - and mine's not =

the most reliable :-)  I never priced a pci card.

I believe there's a wider (radio bandwidth) range for broadcasting =

this stuff in the UK though - so buying a US card limits things.... =

not to mention the fact that the people that did things at the above =

prices won't deliver outside of the US.

It's all very tempting, but I don't really *need* it, so I'll =

probably hold off in the hope that prices drop :*D

> Paul.

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