On Thursday 14 September 2006 10:23, Maurie Reed wrote:
Thanks for the reply, Fred!
The closest Frye's is a 3 1/2 hr drive, unfortunately. I did check out the web site, however. Is this the card you're talking about?
*Airlink AWLC3026 Wireless-G 54Mbps PC-Card/PCMCIA Notebook Adapter* http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4625808?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
I believe that is the PCMCIA version of the PCI cards I got. It took a bit of reading about ndiswrapper to get it working but it is working. I noticed an earlier post here about how easy it is to crack WEP, which is all that the older, cheap stuff from Airlink offers, but it seems to be good enough to keep out war drivers. I mean, if someone wants to crack into your system bad enough to sit back and spend a lot of time at it, then using heavier encryption probably won't save you, either. WEP does keep out the person (like me) who is away from the office and needs a quick internet connection. From "A Comedy of Terror" with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone, as Price and Lorre are trying to break into Basil's house and can't find an unlocked door or window: "Is there no honor left in the world?" I have felt that way often while war driving. Fred