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ratman and bobbin
 Post subject: PCMCIA Wifi Cards
PostPosted: 2006-07-29 09:42:56
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Had 3 fail in the past year, all showing either very low or poor reception.
1 Linksys, 1 Adapatec and 1 Generic. Anyone else experienced failures like
this?

Geoff


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B?UGFsaW5kcuKYu21l
 Post subject: PCMCIA Wifi Cards
PostPosted: 2006-07-29 10:56:46
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ratman and bobbin wrote:
> Had 3 fail in the past year, all showing either very low or poor reception.
> 1 Linksys, 1 Adapatec and 1 Generic. Anyone else experienced failures like
> this?
>

Ive a box of dead ones..

Ive gone over to specifying USB ones, on a short stiff extender cable.
Not had a single failure of one of these yet. YMMV.

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ratman and bobbin
 Post subject: PCMCIA Wifi Cards
PostPosted: 2006-07-29 09:58:37
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Palindr?me wrote in message
news:12cmc6vg1tp586@corp.supernews.com...
> ratman and bobbin wrote:
>> Had 3 fail in the past year, all showing either very low or poor
>> reception. 1 Linksys, 1 Adapatec and 1 Generic. Anyone else experienced
>> failures like this?
>>
>
> Ive a box of dead ones..
>
> Ive gone over to specifying USB ones, on a short stiff extender cable.
> Not had a single failure of one of these yet. YMMV.
>
> --
> Sue

I had avoided USB because they are so easy to break - but the extender cable
is a good idea. I have two broken Bluetooth USB adapters as well . . . .

Appreciate the comment!

Geoff


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ratman and bobbin
 Post subject: PCMCIA Wifi Cards
PostPosted: 2006-07-29 10:11:37
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ratman and bobbin wrote in message
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>
> Palindr?me wrote in message
> news:12cmc6vg1tp586@corp.supernews.com...
>> ratman and bobbin wrote:
>>> Had 3 fail in the past year, all showing either very low or poor
>>> reception. 1 Linksys, 1 Adapatec and 1 Generic. Anyone else experienced
>>> failures like this?
>>>
>>
>> Ive a box of dead ones..
>>
>> Ive gone over to specifying USB ones, on a short stiff extender cable.
>> Not had a single failure of one of these yet. YMMV.
>>
>> --
>> Sue
>
> I had avoided USB because they are so easy to break - but the extender
> cable is a good idea. I have two broken Bluetooth USB adapters as well . .
> . .
>
> Appreciate the comment!
>
> Geoff
>
>

There maybe a market for USB devices on a bendy extender cable ... any
manufacturers listening?

Geoff


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B?UGFsaW5kcuKYu21l
 Post subject: PCMCIA Wifi Cards
PostPosted: 2006-07-29 11:25:40
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ratman and bobbin wrote:
> ratman and bobbin wrote in message
> news:hjGyg.1373$ts3.304@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...
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>>Palindr?me wrote in message
>>news:12cmc6vg1tp586@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>>ratman and bobbin wrote:
>>>
>>>>Had 3 fail in the past year, all showing either very low or poor
>>>>reception. 1 Linksys, 1 Adapatec and 1 Generic. Anyone else experienced
>>>>failures like this?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Ive a box of dead ones..
>>>
>>>Ive gone over to specifying USB ones, on a short stiff extender cable.
>>>Not had a single failure of one of these yet. YMMV.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Sue
>>
>>I had avoided USB because they are so easy to break - but the extender
>>cable is a good idea. I have two broken Bluetooth USB adapters as well . .
>>. .
>>
>>Appreciate the comment!
>>
>>Geoff
>>
>>
>
>
> There maybe a market for USB devices on a bendy extender cable ... any
> manufacturers listening?
>

All the USB Wifi adapters I have purchased lately have come with
them..And the ethernet adapters too, come to that. Lost of flash drives
come with them.

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David Millen
 Post subject: PCMCIA Wifi Cards
PostPosted: 2006-07-29 12:07:14
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On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 09:42:56 GMT, ratman and bobbin
wrote:

>Had 3 fail in the past year, all showing either very low or poor reception.
>1 Linksys, 1 Adapatec and 1 Generic. Anyone else experienced failures like
>this?
>

The Belkin protruding from my wifes Acer Travelmate is almost three
years old and performs faultlessly.
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JHEM
 Post subject: PCMCIA Wifi Cards
PostPosted: 2006-07-30 01:46:18
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ratman and bobbin wrote:
> Had 3 fail in the past year, all showing either very low or poor
> reception. 1 Linksys, 1 Adapatec and 1 Generic. Anyone else
> experienced failures like this?

I have dozens of 3COM X-Jack type WiFi PC cards out in the field for the
past 5 years or so with nary a failure.
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