Proxim 8480-WD/8470-WD vs. D-Link DWL-G650

All these cards have the Atheros chip... Is any one better than the other?

8480 has A/B/G, 8470 has an external antennae jack and the G650 has "108
G"...

I already have the D-Link. Is there any reason to invest in the 8480 or 8470
for extra Linux/Auditor features over the D-Link?

I also have a Netgear DW511 that works great (PrismGT?)...

I am I all set or do I have the wireless PCMCIA fever?

Thanks,
-G

G-Dawg wrote:

> All these cards have the Atheros chip... Is any one better than the other?
>
> 8480 has A/B/G, 8470 has an external antennae jack and the G650 has "108
> G"...
>
> I already have the D-Link. Is there any reason to invest in the 8480 or 8470
> for extra Linux/Auditor features over the D-Link?
>
> I also have a Netgear DW511 that works great (PrismGT?)...
>
> I am I all set or do I have the wireless PCMCIA fever?
>
> Thanks,
> -G
>
>
Hi,
You can adjust TX power on Orinoco card and it has good RX sensitivity.
From my limited experience D-link card gave most headaches. Once it
messed up registry which needed total restore. I am running W2K Sp4 and
Linux.

"Tony Hwang" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> G-Dawg wrote:
>
>> All these cards have the Atheros chip... Is any one better than the
>> other?
>>
>> 8480 has A/B/G, 8470 has an external antennae jack and the G650 has "108
>> G"...
>>
>> I already have the D-Link. Is there any reason to invest in the 8480 or
>> 8470 for extra Linux/Auditor features over the D-Link?
>>
>> I also have a Netgear DW511 that works great (PrismGT?)...
>>
>> I am I all set or do I have the wireless PCMCIA fever?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -G
> Hi,
> You can adjust TX power on Orinoco card and it has good RX sensitivity.
> From my limited experience D-link card gave most headaches. Once it messed
> up registry which needed total restore. I am running W2K Sp4 and Linux.

Yup, D-Link blue screened my brand new laptop (after installing drivers from
factory cd). I reinstalled the laptop software and went with the Atheros
drivers and it has worked great since. I liked the D-Link utility so I just
replaced the D-Link drivers (same name) with the Atheros drivers.

Looking for the good stuff though, thanks. I have my eyes on an 8480...
maybe an 8470 next... Got the fever! ; )