Re: WIFI-USB

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:10:56 -0700, the renowned "Richard Henry"
<rphenry@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>After a cross-country trip in which I was unable to link up my laptop
>because I had no wireless capability, and the hotels and airport lounges
>(and even bookstores) all seemed to wireless-network-enabled, I am
>considering the purchase of a wireless-network adaptor to plug into one of
>my laptop's USB ports.
>
>Any suggestions/warnings/stories?

I bought a dirt-cheap PCMCIA wireless adapter in HK in March for C.'s
older Win98 laptop and it has worked just fine everywhere we tried it.
The salesgeek recommended the PCMCIA version over the USB version
(identical price) because of lower power consumption (I don't remember
the numbers, but it was substantial, a watt or two IIRC). Nice and
fast in a Holiday Inn last week (you have to get an access code from
the desk). The card said the hotel would supply some kind of adapter
if you didn't have one (presumably with an ethernet plug). In a B&B a
couple of weeks ago, I didn't bother to connect to the in-house
wireless network, but was able to marginally connect to some other
network depending on which room I was in and the orientation of the
'puter.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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