htravis{at}attglobal.net wrote:

> 3. Mensys recently advertised a cheap PCMCIA card with OS/2 and Linxum
> drivers recently, < 1/4 the price of the Jacaranda. $36 US
>
>
http://shop.mensys.nl/cgi-bin/db2www/mns_art2.d2w/report?catname=WirelessPCCard&username=&i1=&o=&x=19:38:41&Search=WIRELESS&C=400
>
> With the  wireless "B" cards nearly unsellable in the Win market,
> someone realized the OS/2 market was ripe for a serviceable
> Win-obsolete card, bundled with a working driver. Who in hell cares if
> the driver isn't the latest super-duper Beta from deep research labs
> if it works.  Hoorah. You don't have to join a membership club to surf
> wirelessly and more securely with OS/2-eCS, or pay through the nose
> either.
>
> Again, for the PCI bus in North America, the Netgear MA311 is a $50
> champ. And the driver should be available for the searching or asking,
> if only for (extended) testing.
>

Since this card only supports 40 bit WEP, what happens if the
"hotspot" you wish to use is using 128 bit ? Does the hospot
swich down
to 40 bit or does communication fail ??

Cheers/2

Ed.



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