Contrary to popular belief, it’s not a venereal disease, it’s Intel’s new 802.11a/b/g WiFi chipset . Intel will at long last catch Atheros, who have had this sort of part for well over a year…

Day late and a dollar (or four) more. Still, when you’re the 500 pound gorilla…

Wonder how long it will take for mini-pci cards to show up.

interesting.  but do u think the casual wireless tr user ever will need a “G” upgrade? i do hotspots and hotels and i now have an airport express for home use, but i don’t see me needing G anytime soon.  am i missing (out) on something?
jigs
ps i thought this post was about the new viagra…what’s that called?

[quote author=“jiggy”]interesting.  but do u think the casual wireless tr user ever will need a “G” upgrade? i do hotspots and hotels and i now have an airport express for home use, but i don’t see me needing G anytime soon.  am i missing (out) on something?
jigs
ps i thought this post was about the new viagra…what’s that called?

The TR3 has /g and brings the wireless connection speed closer to parity with my DSL service. Better also for moving files between my computers. I don’t do video, but for that it would be mandatory. At hotspots I just fall back to /b. I did get a /g connection at one the other day. I expect it to be common soon.

Now /a is a different matter. Lower power but not coflicting with bluetooth and cordless phones/speakers et.al. in the 2.4Mhz band. It’s been a slow starter, but I think we’ll see a growing number of gadgets.

As for the new viagra. One capsule, dissolved in a 50/50 solution of alcohol and distilled water, applied with a cotton ball will perk your LCD right up.

Is there anything in the works for a wireless chipset that incorporates GPRS, or EDGE?  How about 3G?  I hate cards that stick out. :?

The antenna is the problem, that’s why the cards stick out. The TR with Bluetooth already has two tranceivers, each with an antenna system.

The ideal solution would be something like the PCMCIA slot with an internal antenna connection. PCMCIA Type III?

For GPRS, I’ve been happy with the Bluetooth link. I get double-duty from my cell phone.

On further thought regarding a internal solution, how would you handle the SIM card? Certainly don’t want to disassemble your laptop in order to change providers.

Pardon my ignorance.  Using a mobile phone’s BT to connect the TR to the internet does not interfere with wireless calls in any way?

Or worse, you bought a Verizon laptop and wanted to jump to Sprint or Cingular. Bye bye, connectivity.

Voice calling operates normally as GPRS is a seperate data channel. In fact I have a dual signal strength bar indicators. One for voice, one for data. Some phones provide for regular dial-up over the voice channel using an internal cellular modem, this would tie up the voice circuit and is older tech. AT&T allows data only via GPRS. I am unaware of other providers services or policies.

A personal note on the above.

I don’t need internet access on a continuous basis when I’m out. But when I do, it it’s so cool to click on the ATT GPRS dialup Icon and watch it open the port, talk to the phone and report the connecton.

I can see the use for a dedicated GPRS or EDGE card (and the attendant provider account) for dedicated internet campers. For my immediate needs it’s just nice to be able to log on and check something wherever I happen to be.

so… who want to buy my 2200bg?
i have been wanting to upgrade to a/b/g since my company uses 802.11a and since 2200bg has no ‘a’, i can’t connect to my company internet wirelessly.  i want to upgrade to netgriti, but it costs $100.  this 2915abg costs $27 per 10,000 units, so i assume end-user price should be somewhere between $60-$70, which is still $30 cheaper than netgriti

so again, who wants to buy my 2200 bg? just email me.  as soon as this is available to purchase, i will sell my 2200bg asap

EDIT: i just read the spec.  this is a type 3A, not 3B?  if so, when is the release for the type 3B?  intel said that they will ship centrino with a/b/g in september, so i assume type 3b will be available by then, right?

[quote author=“gameson”]so… who want to buy my 2200bg?
i have been wanting to upgrade to a/b/g since my company uses 802.11a and since 2200bg has no ‘a’, i can’t connect to my company internet wirelessly.  i want to upgrade to netgriti, but it costs $100.  this 2915abg costs $27 per 10,000 units, so i assume end-user price should be somewhere between $60-$70, which is still $30 cheaper than netgriti

so again, who wants to buy my 2200 bg? just email me.  as soon as this is available to purchase, i will sell my 2200bg asap

EDIT: i just read the spec.  this is a type 3A, not 3B?  if so, when is the release for the type 3B?  intel said that they will ship centrino with a/b/g in september, so i assume type 3b will be available by then, right?

I wouldn’t rush out to sell my b/g card. Looks to me like they’re shipping chips, not completed mini-PCI cards.

Of course Atheros will probably release their pre-standard 802.11n cards now with “turbo” enhanced mode to push double the throughput and cause you to combust under the right circumstances.

does anyone know any atheros based mini pci type 3b card that is dual mode a/b/g with a super g and super a (not necessarily for the ‘a’, but would be nice to have)?

the reason i ask is that i want to upgrade my router to netgear and the price difference between netgear regular g and superG is $7 after rebate.  i want to replace my intel 2200bg solution with a/b/g since my office use 802.11a.  if my office dont use ‘a’, i wouldn’t replace my intel 2200bg, but oh well.  so i prefer to have a super G cause it’s $7 but if there isn’t any in the market, i guess i will buy regular g router.

thanks for the info

[quote author=“gameson”]does anyone know any atheros based mini pci type 3b card that is dual mode a/b/g with a super g and super a (not necessarily for the ‘a’, but would be nice to have)?

the reason i ask is that i want to upgrade my router to netgear and the price difference between netgear regular g and superG is $7 after rebate.  i want to replace my intel 2200bg solution with a/b/g since my office use 802.11a.  if my office dont use ‘a’, i wouldn’t replace my intel 2200bg, but oh well.  so i prefer to have a super G cause it’s $7 but if there isn’t any in the market, i guess i will buy regular g router.

thanks for the info

For a $7 difference just get the super G. It’ll be there if/when you need it.