[MLB-WIRELESS] ISA Adapter

[paul van den bergen]

I am guessing here. 

The antennas look just fine.  At 3dBd they are probably a little lower in gain 
than one would like but for indoor (short range? anyone want to guess how 
far? feww 100 meters?) use they should be just fine with any equipment in teh 
2400-2500 MHz range (i.e. any 802.11b equip. but not 802.11a)  At $35 each 
they look like a good price just for the antennas.

I would think you would have no problems physically with the PCMCIA card 
moving from the ISA card to the laptop.  All the PCI and ISA sollutions 
(certainly in Modern Times(TM)) have been PCMCIA cards mounted on a slot card 
with a PCMCIA - ISA/PCI bridge.  The only Q. in my mind is if the card is 2MB 
standard does the laptop have appropriate drivers for the 802.11 standard. (I 
am, as I said above, guessing here, but pre 802.11b there were proprietry 
standards generally labeled as 802.11.  Does any one have any info on 
interoperability of the various types around? I really want to know)  I guess 
if you can get teh card out easily, try it and see.

On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 09:25 pm, Rabbit wrote:
> I recently purchased two ISA adapter cards from Oatley Electronics, both
> Spectrum24's by 3com, (just to dip my toes in the water). They cost me $35
> each and came with three S2403BH ceiling mount antennas
> (http://www.cushcraft.com/details.asp?style_id=6&catid=121&group_id=1 ).
> And being a rank novice with wifi, I need an answer to this question. can
> the PCMCIA card sitting on the adapter card be used as a stand alone card
> in my laptop?
>
> You can see the ISA card here.
> ttp://www.symbol.com/products/wireless/pci_card_2.html It has two removable
> pigtails and to me looks like every other pc card I've come across, I
> couldn't find any links to a 2Mbps pc card on their web site. will I do any
> harm chucking it in a laptop to test it???
>
> If I buy a newer and faster card for my laptop will it be backward
> compatible with earlier wifi standards and the ISA card I now have in my
> desktop comp.
>
> And finally ,Question number 857. when I finally bite the bullet and buy
> faster stuff will these antenna be any good to hang onto and use.
>
> Thanx for any help
> Peter. (rabbit)

-- 
Dr Paul van den Bergen
Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures
caia.swin.edu.au
pvandenbergen at swin.edu.au
IM:bulwynkl2002
would somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?

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