[MLB-WIRELESS] NetGear 11a stuff

[Jamie Lovick]

Hi,

On 29 Sep 2003, Carl Johnston wrote:
> 
> Just stumbled on a special that Harris Technology is having on
> Netgear 11a stuff (PCMCIA cards for $49, AP's for $99) which is
> rather cheap when you look at their listed RRP.

Yep, we've already grabbed an AP and 3 cards for our house.

> So, I was wondering whether anyone here has any experience with
> these products and could vouch for them or tell me to steer clear.  
> They'll be used provide network access to a single notebook
> computer.

Fairly average so far. The Netgear drivers are a bit out or date. In my
testing, I seemed to not be able to get much faster than about 400 Kps
FTP'ing to another box in the house.

I'm going to have a bit more of a play. The PC Cards are based on the
Atheros chipset, so any driver for this chipset should work. The SMC
drivers are the most up to date.

Regards

Jamie

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