EnGenius wireless gear

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Just about everything blows away the linksys cards.

"Banister Stairwell" <afganistan@bananastan.com> wrote in message
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> The weather has been nice and my wife has wanted to use her laptop
outdoors
> on the patio. Using a Linksys PCMCIA wireless network card, reception is
> marginal. Sometimes, it drops out altogether. Hence, I've been looking
for
> ways to increase my wireless network coverage area. I purchased a Lynksys
> WAP11 thinking I could use it as a repeater with my wireless BEFW11S4
> router/access point, however the WAP11 won't communicate directly with the
> wireless modem/AP. I would have to purchase another WAP11 to make this
> work. I took the WAP11 back.
>
> I discussed my situation with a friend who's in the wireless network
> business and he let me try an EnGenius NL-2511CD PLUS EXT2 network card.
>
> It absolutely *blows away* the Lynksys card. I went from a marginal
signal
> (with frequent dropouts), to a *good*, reliable signal.
>
> Needless to say, I'm *very* impressed. I had never heard of EnGenius
> before, but after checking out the equipment they have available, I'm
> certainly going to keep them in mind when the time comes for me to upgrade
> my wireless network.
>
>