Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 01:55:14 +0200, hlexa@hotmail.com (Axel
> Hammerschmidt) wrote:
>
> >> Yep, no WPA drivers available (that I can find).
> >It's not the driver, it's the supplicant.
>
> The supplicant comes with the driver.

Makes no difference. It's still the supplicant. Funk Software's Odyssey
client and WZC do not.

> >How much do you pay for your OS updates?
>
> Pay? Well, if I'm desperate $100 of XP Home Upgrade at Staples.
> eBay is full of counterfeits so I avoid those.

Older WiFi (802.11b) and PCMCIA to ethernet (cable) cards come as low as
$5.

<snip>

> >Lots of cards support WPA when used with Buffalo's Client Manager 2
> >under Windows 2K, and Win98SE - according to the readme. D-Link DWL-650+
> >and Belkin F5D7010 cards do (under W2K) for a start.
>
> I've never tried it but as you previously mentioned, only the older
> versions work with non-Buffalo hardware.

The information on Buffalo's site:

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/cm3.php

-says:

<quote>

Unlike Client Manager 2, Client Manager 3 now works with most* wireless
client adapters from any manufacturer. [...]

[* most/any: Buffalo Technology does not guarantee compatibility with
all cards, but based on our testing it works with majority of devices
available on the market today. Please check back for a database of
tested cards; we will update the list frequently.]

<unquote>

I think this refers to when the client is used with a Buffalo access
point or wireless router and a third party wireless card. My experience
is, that it (v3) doesn't work when neither the access point nor the card
is from Buffalo.

BTW. I have not been able to find any database of tested cards at
Buffalo's site.

Client manager 3 is a MeetingHouse product.

Client manager 2 works with (some) cards/access point not from Buffalo.
And version 3 doesn't work under Win98, version 2 does.

Client manager 2 is no longer on Buffalo's site - I can't find it there
- so you have to look for it at a driver site.

> >> Just find a 32bit card and try to shove it in the slot. If it doesn't
> >> fit, it's a 16 bit slot.
>
> >If it doesn't fit, it's because the voltage (5/3.3) doesn't match.
>
> Wrong. It literally doesn't fit in the slots on the edge of the card.
> A 16 bit card will fit in a 32 bit slot, but not the other way around.
> Try it and see for thyself.

That's because of the voltage, not the bus width.