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. > 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. :) If you go Linksys, it'll be around $120 for the AP, and $70 for each card. A bit more reasonable.. > Maybe I'm not doing the right thing --- I'm just trying to avoid > pulling wire through two stories of lath and plaster. I don't really > need roaming wireless. Is there a more economical way to avoid > pulling wire? Or am I somehow reading these product sheets wrong? 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. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500