Re: WIFI-USB

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:43:37 -0400, Spehro Pefhany
<speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>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

Spehro,

In WiFi in hotels, is your connection to the Internet still via a
browser, or do you have true network accessibility?

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