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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