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How good is using a PCI wireless card and a wireless PC card in a laptop
(both 802.11b) without an access point?
After all the trouble I've just had with a 3Com access point, I'd rather try
to do without.
The network is just going to be used around the house (15m max. range).
I've been thinking of DSE's cheap PCI and PC cards as they seem to be well
speced and have a good warrentee.

Russell

Russell Smithies wrote:

> How good is using a PCI wireless card and a wireless PC card in a laptop
> (both 802.11b) without an access point?
> After all the trouble I've just had with a 3Com access point, I'd rather
> try to do without.
> The network is just going to be used around the house (15m max. range).
> I've been thinking of DSE's cheap PCI and PC cards as they seem to be well
> speced and have a good warrentee.
>
> Russell

I have not got the DSE 802.11g AP and 802.11b PCI card to work together
yet.....

Card sees AP, but AP doesn't apear to see card.

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:17:50 +1300, steve <> wrote:

>Card sees AP, but AP doesn't apear to see card.

Have you set up the AP from a PC?

Russell Smithies wrote:

> How good is using a PCI wireless card and a wireless PC card in a laptop
> (both 802.11b) without an access point?
> After all the trouble I've just had with a 3Com access point, I'd rather try
> to do without.
> The network is just going to be used around the house (15m max. range).
> I've been thinking of DSE's cheap PCI and PC cards as they seem to be well
> speced and have a good warrentee.

15m... hmmm hang on
/me walks around the house... outside...
seems to cover 15m

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Alan Chiew wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:17:50 +1300, steve <> wrote:
>
>>Card sees AP, but AP doesn't apear to see card.
>
> Have you set up the AP from a PC?

Yes....though it was a hassle as I had to reconfig one of the other systems
so that it didn't use the default gateway (which is also my firewall). My
firewall does not allow internal traffic to route back to internal via the
external interface.

I may have another try tonight.....

T.N.O. - Dave.net.nz wrote:

> Russell Smithies wrote:
>
>> How good is using a PCI wireless card and a wireless PC card in a laptop
>> (both 802.11b) without an access point?
>> After all the trouble I've just had with a 3Com access point, I'd
>> rather try
>> to do without.
>> The network is just going to be used around the house (15m max. range).
>> I've been thinking of DSE's cheap PCI and PC cards as they seem to be
>> well
>> speced and have a good warrentee.
>
>
> 15m... hmmm hang on
> /me walks around the house... outside...
> seems to cover 15m
>
Dave what brand /model are you using.

BTW seems peaceful in this group have we got on top of the awrkward posters

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:16:53 +1300, CollectorNZ
<> wrote:

>>> How good is using a PCI wireless card and a wireless PC card in a laptop
>>> (both 802.11b) without an access point?
>>> After all the trouble I've just had with a 3Com access point, I'd
>>> rather try
>>> to do without.
>>> The network is just going to be used around the house (15m max. range).
>>> I've been thinking of DSE's cheap PCI and PC cards as they seem to be
>>> well
>>> speced and have a good warrentee.
>>
>>
>> 15m... hmmm hang on
>> /me walks around the house... outside...
>> seems to cover 15m
>>
>Dave what brand /model are you using.
>
>BTW seems peaceful in this group have we got on top of the awrkward posters

No.

JJD

CollectorNZ wrote:
>> 15m... hmmm hang on
>> /me walks around the house... outside...
>> seems to cover 15m

> Dave what brand /model are you using.

Dlink 520+ in the main one, ummm unknown(sticker missing) dlink
something in the other one.

> BTW seems peaceful in this group have we got on top of the awrkward posters

Seems that way... only ~90 posts since this morning rather than the
usual 140

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T.N.O. - Dave.net.nz wrote:
> CollectorNZ wrote:
>>> 15m... hmmm hang on
>>> /me walks around the house... outside...
>>> seems to cover 15m
>
>> Dave what brand /model are you using.
>
> Dlink 520+ in the main one, ummm unknown(sticker missing) dlink
> something in the other one.
>
>> BTW seems peaceful in this group have we got on top of the awrkward
>> posters
>
> Seems that way... only ~90 posts since this morning rather than the
> usual 140

I think we got everyone to use OEQuotefix

Russell

Russell Smithies wrote:
>>Seems that way... only ~90 posts since this morning rather than the
>>usual 140

> I think we got everyone to use OEQuotefix

sweet.

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