Re: OT: Paging wireless geeks

Gyp spoke:
> >One thing with WiFi is to try to ensure all the kit is the same make - it
> >*shouldn't* make a difference, but it often does, especially with the
> >known brands (Netgear, D-Link, Linksys)
>
> So, as I have a Netgear wireless network at the moment, if I were to buy
> a laptop, would I be better off buying one without wireless built in and
> get a Netgear PCMCIA card or USB wireless thingy, or will I most likely
> be OK if I bought one with wireless built in?

<shrug>
- I installed some Acer Centrino laptops + netgear kit in 2 clients, both
sites worked fine, but one called me over the hols to report one of the
laptops won't play anymore.

SWMBO bought one of these:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X2
92ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=99084

and I had a D-Link PCMCIA card lying around which worked with the Netgear
router - twice - after a lot of faffing around - then stopped connecting. I
put in a Safecom cheap-as-chips card and it picked up straight away.

Another client had a Linksys router and I installed a Netgear Ethernet/Wifi
adapter and the Linksys wouldn't play with it - I put in a Netgear router
instead and it worked.

> I'm tossing up (no it's not that exciting) between a budget Dell with
> Dell TrueMobile 1370 Wireless LAN PC Card 802.11b/g, a pricier Centrino
> Dell with Intel Pro/Wireless 2200, or something like an Acer with
> whatever they provide.

I've installed 5 Acer laptops in November (from Ebuyer) and they look to be
very good quality kit - the Aspire 1652WLMi is wide screen, 60Gb HDD, 512Mb
+ DVD-RW drive for around £588+VAT

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