Proxim ORiNOCO Silver - Network adapter - PC Card - 802.11b

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• ASIN: B00006BA7W
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 12, 2006

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works on PC and Mac systems, January 8, 2003

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G. A. Morris (San Marcos, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Proxim ORiNOCO Silver - Network adapter - PC Card - 802.11b (Personal Computers)

I purchased two Orinoco Silver PC cards, one for my old G3 Powerbook (Wallstreet) and one for my daughter's Dell Latitude laptop. They both work great and get very good signals and data transfer speeds from anywhere in the house.

Installing on the Dell Latitude (w/Win ME) was easy. Install the drivers from the included CD and plug in the card and I was on my wireless home network using 64 bit WEP for security.

Installing on the Macintosh Powerbook was more problematic. The CD that comes with this card has a folder containing Mac drivers but they didn't work for me. However, I some net searching told me that this is the same card sold as Apple's Airport card and that I could use Apple's Airport drivers. So I downloaded and installed Airport 2.0.2 (which works with MacOS 9.0.4 and up). Because my Powerbook is old (1998), I can't upgrade past MacOS 9.1 and can't use the latest Airport drivers (2.0.4) but the 2.0.2 work fine and support 64 bit WEP which I use on my home network.

My home network is based on the Netgear FM411P router/firewall/access point/print server which works great with these cards.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST 802.11b card (Orinoco GOLD), July 20, 2002

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This review is from: Proxim ORiNOCO Silver - Network adapter - PC Card - 802.11b (Personal Computers)

I have tried out several wireless lan cards, linksys, d-link, etc. and none have come close to the performance of the orinoco card. My Linksys card...dropped to 2 mps when i moved into the next room. In contrast, my orinoco silver card stayed at 11mps even when i was two stories down (access point on 2nd floor of house and i was in basement)...It definately the BEST performing card on the market.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well-Known as the Best Cards to buy, March 16, 2003

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DigDug (Somewhere Here) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Proxim ORiNOCO Silver - Network adapter - PC Card - 802.11b (Personal Computers)

Often times, as you may know, a particular product's quality among various manufacturers is very similar, with any difference being more media hype than actual performance. However, in certain cases (like with memory sticks for example) the difference is drastic. Here is yet another case.
It's well known among the "techie" community that Orinoco's (either silver or gold) are the best wireless cards, and by a wide margin. Their performance is a drastic improvement over any other card, and as evidenced in one of the ratings, this card allows you to use your computer/laptop in places you wouldn't think possible. Hope this helps.