RE: Seeking advice on wireless cards

However unlike the bad communication and nascent age of the electrical
industry - which gave way to the now international stupidity of voltage
variations.  WIFI and IT and technology in 2004 should not fall a foul
the same way?




On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 13:50, Glyn Truscott wrote:
> 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
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blug-tech-bounces-+qp3TudyjKPvfBIPTTProkB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org
> [mailto:blug-tech-bounces-+qp3TudyjKPvfBIPTTProkB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Richard Ford
> Sent: 2004 03 16 21:28
> To: Beijing LUG technical questions and assistance - Publicly posted
> 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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