🚀 go-pugleaf

tom.yee wrote:

>Can anyone provide some advice as to what brand or model of wireless access point, card and adapter should be purchased?  Or any that should be avoided?  Most of the local retailers e.g. Best Buy, Future Shop, etc. carry wireless routers but not wireless access points.  Go figure!  Thanks for any help.
>  
>

I bought a Linksys 802.11g (54Mbs) router and PCMCIA card from Canada 
Computer <http://www.canadacomputers.com/>.  I've been pretty happy with 
it so far.  At the time, the router and access points were the same 
price, but the router also included a four-port switch.  I went with the 
router but don't use its routing facilities, nor its DHCP server.  It 
also acts as a backup if my Netgear RT314 router dies.  I connect one of 
the LAN ports rather than the WAN port to a LAN port on the Netgear, so 
I really use it a little like an access point and integrated switch.

If you're not familiar with 802.11g products, be warned that any 
connecting 802.11b devices will drag everything down to 11Mbs.  For a 
lot of people, the additional cost of 802.11g won't give them anything.  
I was willing to pay the extra $100 at the time as I copy a lot of big 
files between my laptop and desktop.  The difference between 802.11b and 
802.11g for router/AP + wireless network card is now less than that.

Malc