Airport express - PC Laptop

[jinjaninja]

All,

A quick question, any help would be really appreciated. I've just ordered a Airport Express adapter and along with a G5 want to connect a couple of windows laptops to it.

Has anyone got a suggestion as to which PC card to buy - range not really an issue, price more so.

Cheers,

Ben.

 

[superbovine]

Linksys, DLink, and Orinoco Gold.

For a laptop Orinoco Gold is one of the best, but if you don't really care, either of the first two are good quality cards with good support.

 

[FuzzyBallz]

Orinoco Gold? What are they, a Enya fan club? Never heard of that company. Dlink has a bad reputation of having inferior wireless LAN products. Check out Linksys. Good quality stuff, affordable, and it works.

 

[mojo2go]

Has anyone got a suggestion as to which PC card to buy - range not really an issue, price more so.

We have broadband cable access and use a D-Link wired router and an Airport Express wireless network with 3 PCs and a Mac. I've had cross-platform success with Motorola networking products: http://broadband.motorola.com/consumers/home_networking.asp.

Wireless card prices for both desktops and notebooks retail around $69.00, although you can usually find them $10 to $20 cheaper at local electronic or discount outlets. Their USB 2.0 adapter also works quite well. In addition, I've found Motorola's phone support very helpful.

 

[pckilla]

Linksys all the way for sure

 

[hcuar]

My vote goes to Netgear. I've had some problems with wired Linksys products.

 

[superbovine]

Orinoco Gold? What are they, a Enya fan club? Never heard of that company. Dlink has a bad reputation of having inferior wireless LAN products. Check out Linksys. Good quality stuff, affordable, and it works.

Orinoco gold well know in the computer security computer, and usually has the best reception of all the cards.

 

[broken_keyboard]

I have my PC laptop connected to my Airport Express using this card:
http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=36&prid=642

There may be better ones out there, but at least I can say this worked for me. The only thing I had to do was put the Airport Express on channel 6 in the Airport settings else it didn't see it.

 

[jinjaninja]

Thanks

Thanks everyone - I think I'll have a go with the Linksys, the Orinoco is a bit expensive....