Re: Best Prism card?


From: admin_at_microworld.com
Date: 2002-08-13 21:46:45 UTC



The discussion was on the list at http://www.wisp-equipment.net

Judd

Pablo Berra wrote:

> Dear Vladimir,
>
> I don't find any article related to Senao on isp-wireless.
> I have several Seano 200mW cards to install, and this is an important issue.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Pablo Berra.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Ivaschenko [mailto:hazard_at_hazard.maks.net]
> Posted At: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:06
> Posted To: HostAP
> Conversation: Best Prism card?
> Subject: Re: Best Prism card?
>
> >From what I heard Senao cards have a flaw, and after high load the card
> overheats and output signal level goes berserk. DemarcTech claims that
> they use completely different design, which does not have overheat problem
> and have passed FCC tests. Discussions about that could be found in
> equipment-l and isp-wireless mailing lists.
>
> Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 04:15:09PM -0500 Jim Thompson wrote about Re: Best Prism card?
>
> >
> > I sell the (competing) Senao card (200mW, just as good at rx
> > sensitivity), for less money than Tony
> > will charge you for his 180mW version. www.netgate.com
> >
> > And yes, I have a fair amount of experience with them running
> > hostap. :-)
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Monday, August 12, 2002, at 03:36 PM, Aron Silverton wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Vladimir Ivaschenko wrote:
> > >> I heard that DemarcTech's cards are quite good
> > >> (http://www.demarctech.com). They exist in 100mW and 180mW variants,
> > >> and
> > >> have excellent sensitivity.
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anybody have any experience with these cards? How about with
> > > their PCMCIA to PCI bridge card?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Aron
> > >
> > >
> > >> Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 09:00:27AM -0800 James A. Crippen wrote about
> > >> Best Prism card?
> > >>> I have two 802.11b cards which I'd like to use, and no AP. Instead of
> > >>> spending money on a proprietary AP I would like to have one that I can
> > >>> hack. Unfortunately neither of the two cards I have is supported by
> > >>> the hostap driver (one is a Cisco Aironet and the other is a Symbol).
> > >>>
> > >>> My question to the list is which brand of Prism card is the best?
> > >>> Spare no expense here. I'd like 200mW, good sensitivity, etc. I
> > >>> realize that some brands of Prism cards are pretty lame, with power
> > >>> outputs of only 25mW, poor receiver sensitivity, a high noise floor,
> > >>> and other warts. Instead of getting stuck with something that I'd
> > >>> later regret (and have to get rid of on eBay) I'd like to know the
> > >>> 'professional' opinions.
> > >>>
> > >>> 'james
> > >>>
> > >>> -- James A. Crippen <james_at_unlambda.com> ,-./-. Anchorage, Alaska,
> > >>> Lambda Unlimited: Recursion 'R' Us | |/ | USA, 61.20939N,
> > >>> -149.767W
> > >>> Y = \f.(\x.f(xx)) (\x.f(xx)) | |\ | Earth, Sol System,
> > >>> Y(F) = F(Y(F)) \_,-_/ Milky Way.
> > >
> > >
> > > -- Aron J. Silverton
> > > Senior Research Engineer
> > > Motorola Laboratories, Networks and Infrastructure Research
> > > Motorola, Inc.
> > >
> > > Telephone: 847-576-8747
> > > Fax: 847-576-3420
> > > Pager: 800-759-8888 PIN 1147344
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> > >
> >
>
> --
> Best Regards
> Vladimir Ivaschenko
> http://www.hazard.maks.net/



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