Question

[Rick Sivernell]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:07:58 -0500
Tom Wilson <wtw at fuse.net> wrote:

> On Monday 03 November 2003 04:18 pm, Rick Sivernell's voice rose above 
> the ones in my head and stated:
> > lIST
> >
> >   I have a Dell Latitude cpx laptop. I have a pcmcia lan card now
> > running perfectly, but a school they have setup a wireless system. It
> > will auto on systems, my question is leave the lan pcmcia at home and
> > use the wireless at school, what do I need to do to make this work?
> > Can I do this, I assume so. I can get a new netgear wireless for
> > $70.00, is this too much?
> 
> If they are using encryption you generally need the passphrase or 
> encryption codes to gain access to the wireless network.  As far as 
> cards go, I would recommend getting Orinoco.   They right around the 
> same price as the Netgear and I've have had good experiences with them.  
> And make sure you get the same 802.11 standard your school is using or 
> a multi standard card (which are more expensive).
> 
> -- 
> Tom Wilson
> Reg. Linux user# 199331
> 
> 
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Tom

Thanks

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Rick Sivernell
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