Acer Warplink 2 PCMCIA Card Kit $24.95

[DaviDaVinci]

Linky

 

[Vegito]

Dang thats cheap, 2 of them, anyone know how good these are ?

 

[daddyo]

I wonder if these are 802.11b compatible.

That would be a hot deal indeed.

 

[daddyo]

I did the research.

It's a proprietary wireless system.

 

[Branded]

Here is a link to a discussion on the usb version of these devices being used with Iopeners.
linux-hacker.net forum

They were not the most reliable networking, but some people got them to work.

 

[Gultig]

These are not worth the headache if you are on any NT system!

These WILL NOT work with 2k or XP, and are unstable on an NT4.0 system.

I found them acceptable on a Win9x platform.

 

[Sesopedalian]

I have two. They are not worth the headache on ANY platform. IF you get them to work, they will soon stop working. There have been many posts to this effect.
Only worth it if you like to fool around with computer stuff (like I do), have plenty of time, and don't need them for anything serious.

 

[tvarad]

I networked using the PCMCIA and USB Warplink products. They are a beast to get to work; in fact I had to exchange them at the Acer Support Center for later revs since the PCMCIA wouldn't boot consistently with my IBM Thinkpad. After that I had few problems. Speed tops out at about 53 KBps, good for sharing an internet connection, not very good for transfering lots of files.

Given that 802.11b products are coming down in price quite a bit (Dell is currently closing out Belkin adapters on the cheap), I would plunk down the money on them.

 

[erickotz]

I bought something like 2 2 packs of the USB version of these when Office Depot was clearing them out for like $15 each (2 pack) and after (attmpting to) install them, on two seperate machines (one win2k pro, one win2k server, with a clean windows install no less) and having them BOTH BSOD on boot after the install of these, requiring a reinstallation of windows, I would say pass. I tried with both the drivers on the CD and the drivers on the website (were SUPPOSED to support windows 2000) I never did get one to work. Needless to say, they broke 2 out of 2 machines, so while there were a nice idea, off to e-Bay they went (and sold for more than I paid I ended up with a Linksys WAP11 and a Xircom 128bit 802.11b card, works well.
My advise: Avoid these. One of these will NEVER get plugged into one of my systems again. Also, they are not 802.11b, they are proipritary, and if I remember correctly, rather slow (1mbit/second?)

 

[loup garou]

Yep, I had a bunch of the USB ones when OD was clearing them out. When they did work, they were mediocre at best...but most of the time they didn't work at all. Steer clear.

 

[DaviDaVinci]

ok then, NOT a hot deal..... LOL!!:frown: