Thanks but....argghhh what card do I get...keeping in
mind the possiblilty of future developments.
--- Hal Widlansky <hal_at_whoever.com> wrote:
>
> No worries, I didn't take anything personally, I
> doubt if anyone did.
> I'd guess that you'd have to push someone around to
> get them to
> reconfigure the network for ya. Maybe you could set
> up a base station of
> your own, so at least you could get online in one
> building;. Then
> convince the admins to help you out. :-) Maybe w'll
> get an updated
> driver soon that'll be more flexible as well.
>
> good luck.
>
> MuHammed Lonon wrote:
>
> > I know sometimes I come off that way, I wasnt
> digging
> > any of you guys. I was asking so I would know if
> I
> > would have to go through the trouble of "smacking"
> > around admin guys to get it to work???
> >
> > --- Hal Widlansky <hal_at_whoever.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Victor Rehorst wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Benjamin Higginbotham
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I'll assume that you just want to jump on to
> an
> > > 802.11 wireless=20
> > > > > network. The answer to your 'What card will
> > > work best' question is... =20=
> > > > >
> > > > > All of them.
> > > > >
> > > > > 802.11 is an open standard that the card
> > > manufacturers follow. That=20
> > > > > means that Mac, Windows, Unix, Linux,
> > > whatever... It should work. If=20=
> > > > >
> > > > > you have an Apple computer that is Airport
> > > ready, just go for the=20
> > > > > Airport card. It's not the cheapest, but
> it's
> > > nice having the antenna=20=
> > > > > inside the computer.
> > > >
> > > > ... but with a Newton, you can't use an Apple
> > > Airport card. You can use a
> > > > Lucent/Orinoco WaveLAN card, which is
> compatible.
> > >
> > > But keep in mind that the driver is an alpha, so
> > > it's not going to work in every
> > > situation. I was only able to get it working in
> my
> > > home Airport network by
> > > setting the network up specifically for it to
> work.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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