Hey,

I just ordered a new laptop and I just wanna make sure the wireless card situation was handled properly. I picked the internal wireless card that's standard option for Dell laptops. Is this going to be ok for the Wireless Internet zones at St. George? Thanks.

check the IT brochure you might have received from school.

If you got a dell, it should be okay (many people on campus have dells).
if you know the particular card and specs I might be able to help you a bit more (specs differ by model).

Cheers,

Silenthunder

info from the SGU IT site...
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If you would like to utilize our wireless Internet access areas throughout the SGU campus, you will need to ensure that your laptop computer has wireless capabilities supporting the IEEE 802.11b standard. For additional laptop requirements and/or to reference "Firefly" and other SGU computing policies, please visit the SGU website's "Computing at SGU" policies link.
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Wireless Network Adapter Test Results (August 9, 2002)

All cards were tested on Windows XP Pro. They were approximately 82 feet away from the Intel Pro access point transmitting at 11Mbps.

Card Signal Strength Card Set Up Utility and Configuration Set Up
*Intel Excellent Easy Easy
*D-Link650H Excellent Easy Easy
3Com Very Good Easy Easy
Actiontec Very Good Easy Easy
Orinoco Gold WIFI
(Lucent Technologies) Very Good Medium Hard
Proxim (Skyline) Very Good Easy Easy
Proxim (Harmony) Very Good Easy Medium
US Robotics Very Good Medium Easy
D-Link650 Very Good Easy Medium
Linksys WPC11-Instant wireless Network adaptor - Ver 3.0 Very Good Easy Easy
D-Link AirPlus DWL-650+ Very Good Easy Easy
NETGEAR MA401 Very Good Easy Easy
Belkin Good Easy Easy
Zoom Air Low Hard Hard
* Preferred Cards

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Note that if your wireless card is an 802.11b or 802.11g, it will work with the standard stated by the IT department. Do NOT get 802.11a as that is not compatible with the campus network.

- Docks

P.S. Technically, 802.11g is a different standard from 802.11b but they were smart enough to design 802.11g to still work on an 802.11b network. Difference of interest to users is that using an 802.11g card on an 802.11g network gives faster connection speeds. Using an 802.11g card on an 802.11b network will work at the slower 802.11b standard.