Nate Carlson writes: > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, rpgoldman at real-time.com wrote: > > I realize that this is a stupid question, but is there an Orinoco that > > is just a PCI card? Or do I have to buy the $50-odd network card + a > > 50-odd PCI adapter for each desktop I have? Seems not just expensive > > but kludgy. > > Not orinoco that I know of, but Linksys has one.. and you can get 'em > pretty cheap, too. $70 at Amazon.. it's the Linksys WMP11. OK, I'm puzzled. Why would anyone pay the $50 + 50 for a more cumbersome Orinoco solution instead of $50 - 60 for a linksys? > > > Ouch. For two desktops + an access point, pulling wire is starting to > > look competitive. Even at electrician's rates $700 or so buys a > > reasonable amount of wire-pulling. > > $700? You must be looking at Cisco gear. :) Yup. Cisco and Orinoco both seem to be about $500 for the WAP. And the Linksys seems to be about $100. MUCH more reasonable. > > If you go Linksys, it'll be around $120 for the AP, and $70 for each card. > A bit more reasonable.. > > > Could always do phoneline networking, but it's lame. > > Really, I usually recommend wiring as much as you can.. makes life a lot > easier in the future. Plus, then you get 100mb.. of course, I also like my > wireless network, 'cuz I can walk around anywhere I want with my laptop. I > don't think I'd ever put a desktop on wireless unless it was the last > resort, though. It might be the last resort. My house was built in 1911. Everytime I show an electrician the house they wince and shake their heads sadly. I love these old, solid, lath and plaster walls, but compared to wallboard, they're a nightmare for wiring. The space between every pair of laths seems to offer a new opportunity for plaster to glob through and snag wires. Anyway, waiting for a wiring quote. If it's less than the wireless hardware, I'm there.... It's possible that what I want is more like bridging mode, so I can have a network that covers both my third floor and my first floor, through a wireless bridge, and have cables within each floor.....