From: Jim Thompson (jim_at_netgate.com)
Date: 2002-08-12 21:15:09 UTC
I sell the (competing) Senao card (200mW, just as good at rx
sensitivity), for less money than Tony
will charge you for his 180mW version. www.netgate.com
And yes, I have a fair amount of experience with them running hostap. :-)
Jim
On Monday, August 12, 2002, at 03:36 PM, Aron Silverton wrote:
>
>
> Vladimir Ivaschenko wrote:
>> I heard that DemarcTech's cards are quite good
>> (http://www.demarctech.com). They exist in 100mW and 180mW variants,
>> and
>> have excellent sensitivity.
>
>
> Does anybody have any experience with these cards? How about with
> their PCMCIA to PCI bridge card?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aron
>
>
>> Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 09:00:27AM -0800 James A. Crippen wrote about
>> Best Prism card?
>>> I have two 802.11b cards which I'd like to use, and no AP. Instead of
>>> spending money on a proprietary AP I would like to have one that I can
>>> hack. Unfortunately neither of the two cards I have is supported by
>>> the hostap driver (one is a Cisco Aironet and the other is a Symbol).
>>>
>>> My question to the list is which brand of Prism card is the best?
>>> Spare no expense here. I'd like 200mW, good sensitivity, etc. I
>>> realize that some brands of Prism cards are pretty lame, with power
>>> outputs of only 25mW, poor receiver sensitivity, a high noise floor,
>>> and other warts. Instead of getting stuck with something that I'd
>>> later regret (and have to get rid of on eBay) I'd like to know the
>>> 'professional' opinions.
>>>
>>> 'james
>>>
>>> -- James A. Crippen <james_at_unlambda.com> ,-./-. Anchorage, Alaska,
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>>> -149.767W
>>> Y = \f.(\x.f(xx)) (\x.f(xx)) | |\ | Earth, Sol System,
>>> Y(F) = F(Y(F)) \_,-_/ Milky Way.
>
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