On Tuesday,  7 November 2000 at  9:26:49 -0500, Kevin Sullivan wrote:
> Lucent Orinoco stuff is only slightly more expensive and works great; I've
> had zero problems with it.  It supports WEP.
>
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 17:37:00 EST, Rafal Boni says
>>	    Access points:
>>		SMC SMC2652W Access point: 			~ $267 US.
>>		DLink DWL-1000AP Access point:			~ $345 US.
>
>                 Orinoco RG-1000 (40-bit WEP):                   ~ $330 US
>
>>	    PCMCIA Cards:
>>		DLink DWL-650					~ $140 US
>>		SMC 2632W 					~ $145 US
>>		Intel WPC2011NA					~ $142 US
>>		3Com 3CRWE737A					~ $155 US
>>		Cabletron CSIBD-AA (RoamAbout)			~ $155 US
>
>                 Orinoco Silver (40-bit WEP)                     ~ $170 US
>                 Orinoco Gold (112-bit WEP)                      ~ $180 US

Note that all 802.11s aren't the same.  The original 802.11 standard
runs at 2 Mb/s and supports one of three protocols, DSSS, FHSS or some
infrared protocol whose name I don't know.  802.11b is the modern
version, and it runs at up to 11 MB/s.  It's a DSSS protocol, and it's
compatible with the 802.11 DSSS cards, but not with the FHSS cards
such as the Aviator.

If you want to interoperate with as many networks as possible, get an
Orinoco Gold or similar.  They also support 40 bit encryption and, of
course, no encryption.

Greg
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