EnGenius wireless gear

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.

Just about everything blows away the linksys cards.

"Banister Stairwell" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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.
>
>