>>>It is time to get my daughter on the Internet and I >>>need/want to do it wireless. >>> >>>Although she has XP right now, ole Dad just may put Debian >>>on it one day if she doesn't keep the room clean :-) >>>Anyone care to comment about this card? >>>http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.asp?EDC=494362 >>> >>>Any equivalent cheaper ones out there (at Fry's)? >>> >> >>I have a PCMCIA version of the 802.11b gold card. So far I've been very >>happy with the Lucent/Orinoco/Agere/Proxim cards (that is all the >>companies hands that those products have passed through). > I suggest you look at the SMC2532W-B pcmcia card and get a PCI adapter for it. > > This is a high performance card, very close to the best, at a price only a > little higher than the real cheapies. ($57 at computers4sure) So it is still a > good bargain even after you buy the adapter. (I got a Belkin at the swap meet > for $12) > > I just wish I would have known about this before I rushed out and bought the > Linksys at Fly's.It will run circles around it ;-) The only problem with that card is that it only does 802.11b and the card he was asking about does a/b/g.