Netgear Wireless Router $39!

[dlaw]

Not bad for people who missed the Amazon deal.

 

[kantonburg]

Got in on this also.

Question though. How reliable are USB LAN adapters for a laptop or even a PC upstairs compared to a PC Card (for laptop) or PCI Card (for PC)?

 

[Winchester]

Wireless routers also interfere with cell phone signals. I thought I had problems with my cell phone until i figured it out.

 

[dlaw]

Originally posted by: kantonburg
Got in on this also. Question though. How reliable are USB LAN adapters for a laptop or even a PC upstairs compared to a PC Card (for laptop) or PCI Card (for PC)?

1- Better because you can place it at a better location.
2- Worse because sometimes the device will be "gone" in WinXP

 

[dlaw]

Originally posted by: Winchester
Wireless routers also interfere with cell phone signals. I thought I had problems with my cell phone until i figured it out.

You mean when you talk? I don't see the problem myself...

 

[MontyBurns]

by the way: my wireless network doesn't seem to interfere with my 2.4 ghz cell phone at all.

 

[kantonburg]

Originally posted by: dlaw

Originally posted by: kantonburg
Got in on this also. Question though. How reliable are USB LAN adapters for a laptop or even a PC upstairs compared to a PC Card (for laptop) or PCI Card (for PC)?

1- Better because you can place it at a better location.
2- Worse because sometimes the device will be "gone" in WinXP

What about Win2k as this is what I'm going to be using.
I'm assuing you are refering to the USB adapter in your scenario.

 

[fraeone]

Thanks! I got in on this, ordered earlier today and its already shipped.

Oh, and I made sure to use the non-affiliate id link.

 

[turbodiesel]

Originally posted by: AJPatel

Originally posted by: texazed
What do wireless LAN cards go for? I see the ones there but have no idea if that is a good deal.

For laptops or desktops? Laptop wireless cards are out for like $30

Where do they sell them for $30? The cheapest I've found were around $50-60.

Thanks

 

[foo]

Looks like it's $49.95 now. Is that what you guys are seeing?

 

[texazed]

yeah it went up
I was trying to order but my damned IE settings were hosed. Thought I needed to dial up. I have DSL. By the time I fixed it the price changed

 

[vk8]

Guess after selling 300 or so of these they bumped up the price. Stock was over 1000 before

 

[Tung]

glad i got in before they jacked up the price

 

[XCLAN]

Go here for a card deal

or here for non subscribers.

 

[fraeone]

On the page at Tech Depot it stated that the deal was ONE DAY ONLY. Now it has gone back up to the normal price (which is still pretty darn good.)

fraeone

 

[GoatHerderEd]

This is going to be locked because of the affiliat id. buy.com has the same deal if it matters to anyone.

 

[deeznuts]

i don't know how reliable ecost is, but they are selling dlink pcmcia cards for $29.

http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?DPNo=939143

buy something else and get free shipping over $50

EDIT: nm, it seems as if they advertise $29.99 on their front computer page, but then they say it's $36. wierd.

 

[tjaisv]

jeezus christ...a NETGEAR MA311 PCI card for this router is $65

I'm wondering if it would be compatible with another vendor's PCI card

 

[tjaisv]

ah well, I went ahead and bought them both anyway

 

[titanium]

Get your facts straight msh111 - its not an affiliate link nor do I post anything with an affiliate link. Its one of their tracking mechanisms - verified by the guy who works there who I got the deal from. Thought I'd share it with the group - I may second guess that next time.:disgust:

 

[LilBlinbBlahIce]

Just bought one, thanks. BTW, where is the rebate form?

 

[dman]

You can (in theory) use any 802.11b equipment to connect with this router. (I haven't personally tested, but, 802.11b is a standard and this router is 802.11b so therefore any PCI Card or PCMCIA/CardBUS or USB based 802.11b client adapter should potentially work.)

 

[tjaisv]

Originally posted by: LilBlinbBlahIce
Just bought one, thanks. BTW, where is the rebate form?

should be on the page where you bought it from:

rebate

 

[tjaisv]

Originally posted by: dman
You can (in theory) use any 802.11b equipment to connect with this router. (I haven't personally tested, but, 802.11b is a standard and this router is 802.11b so therefore any PCI Card or PCMCIA/CardBUS or USB based 802.11b client adapter should potentially work.)

tx for the info

 

[lebowsky]

Originally posted by: Staley8
I've been using Netgear wireless at two different places over the last year or so and I've never had any trouble with my 2.4GHz phone interfering. Note that I only use Access points and Routers for my wireless, I don't have any wireless cards (I has just using wireless to basically bridge 2 wired networks). There are settings in the wireless components and on your phone where you can change the channel. As long as your wireless and phone aren't on the same channel (or with 4-6 channels of each other) you will be fine.

Staley, what you are currently doing is what I want to do. I want to connect my PS2 to the NetGear WAP and use it as a bridge to my Linksys WAP that is upstairs and has my broadband connection plugged in. Would I be able to pull this off with this setup? It would be cheaper than buying the Linksys WET11 which is just a dedicated bridge.