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[James Mears]

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> Phew, hiya James!

Hi Neil how are you?

> I'm glad to see you here, since I wanted to pick your brains about buying a
> Wireless LAN, especially after your perfect advice on my modem/router
> solution.

Its nice to know I gave you good advice on the ADSL stuff :-) 

My current wireless access point is a SMC EZ Connect Wireless AP SMC2652W
(yes another SMC product) it is a cheap (I paid £50) and cheerful unit that 
has 128bit WEP and an external antenna connector (I imagine you could connect 
a cable and a higher gain antenna if you wanted). One drawback is that it 
does not do MAC address authentication which would be nice. There is an open 
source operating system that you can flash the units ROM with to create an 
open access point so you could even run open source on your access point if 
you wanted ( I don't because the SMC web based config works just fine).

http://opensource.instant802.com/home.php

So that is my access point and now for client cards.

I personally think that the Orinoco/ AVAYA Gold card is the best card that you 
can get your hands on ( I have bought 3 of the things) the CD that comes with 
the AVAYA card even has Linux drivers on it. The cards have a small external 
antenna connector on them so you can use a range extender antenna if you need 
one and the cards are very well made.

Well thats my 2p worth I hope it helps. I might see you (so to speak) on IRC 
if I can get some time.

James

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james at mearsonline.co.uk.co.uk
www.mearsonline.co.uk

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