[NTLK] wireless connectivity

PMichael Rodgers pmiker at copper.net
Tue Aug 31 09:14:53 EDT 2010


  I am told the router has 128 bit encryption (WPA-PSK), supports 
802.1b.  I do not know if this is sufficient information.  I'll try to 
get more.  It's an older Netgear router.  I do not know which cards 
support this.
Mike

On 8/24/2010 12:43 PM, Morgan Aldridge wrote:
>
> If the network support 802.11b clients and has either no encryption or
> up to 128bit WEP encryption, then feasible it is.
>
> Cost effective? That's tough to say. 802.11b PCMCIA WiFi cards like
> the Lucent/ORiNOCO/etc WaveLAN Silver&  Gold are fairly inexpensive
> and it'll be faster than dialup. WiFi is fairly power hungry, so
> expect to burn through charge _significantly_ faster.
>




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