RE: Seeking advice on wireless cards

China is justifiably worried about wireless security - when they first
started working on WAPI (beginning of 2003), there was no good
non-proprietary wireless security standard (correct me if I am wrong...). If
the Chinese government had required WAPI for its own internal use, I can't
see anything wrong with that...

However, requiring everyone, including your average Starbucks hotspot user
to purchase a WAPI-compliant card (even though at the end of the day, the
user is just going to use 802.11b) leans towards domestic industry
protection rather than genuine security concerns.

So far Intel and Broadcom have come out and said that they won't implement
it by the June 1st deadline - which means no Centrino in China by June 1st.
But then Centrino was really just a Pentium M + WLAN, wasn't it? So it is
more a waste of the marketing dollars.

Glyn
 

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Subject: Re: [blug-tech] Seeking advice on wireless cards

What is up with WAPI.

Intel was pissed and said it would cease all wifi product sales in China
post July 1.  Where does that leave centrino?

What is the real reason for China to go and make such a fuss over this? 
For a country known for slack IP protection laws and an apathy to engage
in the correct adoption of international computing standards and
guidelines.  Why would they want to take a N Korean like a approach and
further segment themselves and the international trade market?

Seems weird to me...   ;-)

RF.




On Fri, 2004-03-12 at 14:35, Colin Zhu wrote:
> Hi Grzegorz,
> 
> I have an Orinoco Gold PCMCIA by Lucent for my laptop. It works well on
both
> windows and linux, easy to find driver under linux and it's always on the
> lists that many famous linux wireless applications are supporting.
> 
> About 802.11g or 11b, I think that depends on your requirements. If you
are
> doing some tests or researches related with 11g, then sure for 11g. But if
you
> just need a wireless card for simple usage, I think most of the AP you can
use
> or find are just for 11b now. And, my personal viewpoint about 11a was not
so
> optimistic, and I think 11g=11a+11b, so....
> 
> And maybe you should pay some attention to WAPI standards addressed by
China
> Government. We still don't know what will happen after June 1, 2004.
> So.....check that.
> 
> Another good news for Penguins is that Intel said the wireless driver of
> Centrino for Linux will be released this year. If you have the chipset of
> Centrino, you may think about this, though no WEP will be provided.....
> -_____-!
> 
> Best regards.
> ----
> Colin.
> 
> 
> Grzegorz Jakacki wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am about to shop for wireless cards for my laptop and desktop. I would
> > appreciate any info on what cards did you manage to get to work under
> > Linux, where to shop for them in Beijing and how much did you pay for
them
> > (if purchased in China). Also I wonder if that makes sense to go for
> > 802.11g instead of 802.11b? All comments appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Grzegorz
> >
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