Re: [NTLK] Asking again......

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Thu Mar 28 2002 - 16:25:57 EST


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.

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