Re: PCMCIA Power management

On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 01:20:08PM -0400, Joseph J. McCarthy wrote:
> While I am at it, has anyone tried the linksys wpc11 card? (and/or the
> associated aceess point)? (It is supported by the wvlan_cs.o modules, I
> believe.)

I have not used the card (WPC11), but I have used a WaveLAN/orinoco
card with the WAP11 (the access point). The caps in the power circuit
for my Airport base station died Wednesday, giving me an excuse to:

1) Buy a Linksys WAP11
2) Fix the airport and use it as a bridge in the living room
3) Try the iPaq with known access points under my control
4) Try both 64-bit and 128-bit WEP

Works like a charm, once the WAP11 started playing well with others
and recognizing WEP properly.

I also acquired one of the rare Cisco 352 cards last night, and I'll
be trying it with the iPaq over the weekend. If anyone's interested,
I'll try to see:

  1) If the power output is configurable as is supposed with these
      cards (from 1mW to 100mW)
  2) How battery life is affected running the card at 100mW.

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Mark C. Langston
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Systems & Network Admin
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