[geeks] 16-bit 802.11g cards?

[nate at portents.com]

Don't think you'll find that in a PCMCIA card (which is really a subset of
ISA).  In fact, you'd be lucky to find an 802.11b card that supports
128-bit encryption, which were some of the last cards made.

I'd recommend a USB-based wireless 802.11g adapter, and if you get
something based on the RALink chipset, you can also use it on platforms
other than Windows (such as Linux and Mac OS).  I have the ASUS WL-167g,
which I've used under Linux:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320107

Hopefully ASUS hasn't changed the chipset inside that model (always
annoying when companies silently do that, and you think you're getting a
product based on one chipset only to find out it's another...)

- Nate

> My in-laws were quite generous and recently gave my daughter a laptop.
> It's a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300. It came with a Netgear 802.11b PCMCIA
> card which works well for connection to the neighbor's open access
> point, but, not to mine which uses WPA-PSK. I'm searching for a 802.11g
> card that will go in this thing. I'm assuming that I need a 16-bit card
> as the 32-bit one I have on hand doesn't "snap in". Am I correct in what
> I need, or do I need something else? Anyone have an 802.11g 16-bit PC
> card laying around?
>
> Here's the specs on the laptop http://tinyurl.com/q62uo
>
> Jeff
>
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