top rated pcmcia wireless card?

[TaylorD]

I have an internal dell truemobile 1300 b/g card that sucks a whole lot and refuses to connect to my AP. (connected, excellent signal strength, IP address assigned - no access to the network or internet)

So, I brought out my old dell truemobile 1150 pcmcia card which now appears to have crapped out.

So, I need a new card, and I dont want to f--- around anymore... any suggestions?

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Orinoco Gold works great

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
Orinoco Gold works great

Ditto!

 

[TaylorD]

any other ideas?

it doesnt actually have to pcmcia... i am just looking for greater range.

 

[0roo0roo]

depends on antenna. some usb ones have nice big ones ucan attach to your screen back or whatever. whats your ap?

 

[Cheetah8799]

Orinoco Gold cards are considered the best for range and wardriving, they also have a plug for an antenna, but you usually have to get the antenna seperate. I saw someone in the FS/FT forums had a few of the gold cards for sale the other day.

 

[Nothinman]

Anything Orinoco or Prism2 based because they work in Linux.

 

[TaylorD]

the AP is an SMC 7004AWBR, which unfortunately doesnt have interchangeable antennas...

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: TaylorD
the AP is an SMC 7004AWBR, which unfortunately doesnt have interchangeable antennas...

The Orinoco Gold works very well with the Old Good SMC.

:sun:

 

[render]

used cisco aironet 350 card. nothing can beat its top performance, high power, and excellent range.

 

[8ballcoupe]

It really sounds as though your current Truemobile card is okay, hardware-wise. I realize that the hardware will only work as well as the drivers and client software will let it, but I'd hate to see you buy a new card and wind up with the same problem. You say it's showing excellent signal strength. Understanding that the signal strength thing may be the device driver / software lying to you, it still sounds as though the hardware is just fine. Are you sure there isn't something that could be done configuration-wise?

Ernie

Oh, and I have had very good experiences with Orinoco Gold, too, but their support and Web site are truly awful. Or at least they were the last time I looked.