Any Wireless NIC (PCMCIA) card shootouts?

[edro]

They have video card shootouts all the time. Is there a PCMCIA wireless card shootout that anyone knows of? I would like to get one with a good stock range (no add on antennas).

Thanks!

 

[Corporate Thug]

no shootouts needed, LINKSYS

 

[edro]

What about Cisco? or Orinoco?

 

[Hender]

Well, it's like a wired NIC. Every card is pretty much like the others. I've got a Belkin that I picked up during the half off refurbished deal recently, and it works perfectly.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: edro13
What about Cisco? or Orinoco?

Orinoco is excellent as well

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: Hender
Well, it's like a wired NIC. Every card is pretty much like the others. I've got a Belkin that I picked up during the half off refurbished deal recently, and it works perfectly.

Whoa.... I work with a Spanish dude named Hender.... kinda weird. Anyways..... do any of them get better reception with the stock antenna? I seen that some have the X-Jacks antenna that pops out the side.

 

[Antoneo]

People have recommended Orinocco Gold/Silver cards... I don't use one myself but I assume from the postive posts about them, that they are good.

 

[SocrPlyr]

Orinocco is good from the ones i have seen, linksys seems excelent from my own use, don't bother w/ dlink, and cisco is supposed to be the best from the stuff i have read... but they are cost prohibitive and in my opinion aren't worth it...

Josh

 

[MistaTastyCakes]

My D-Link wireless NIC works quite well actually.

 

[SocrPlyr]

Mista, the ones i used worked well too if you were within 10 feet of the access point... replaced it w/ a linksys and i could go around the whole house w/o a prob...

Josh

 

[mcveigh]

i have used orinoco and cisco. the cisco are great and cost a little more but not much. they put out more power which helps with reception and range.
the orinoco are excellent as well. i usuallly reccomend orinoco to people

 

[RalfHutter]

PracticallyNetworked.com is the place to go for reviews on this kind of stuff. They have reviews of 48 different wireless PCcard NICs right now. That should give you somewhere to start from.