On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 13:56 -0400, Charles Craft wrote:
> A google search on "802.11b transceiver" shows lots of chip sets.
> You might find a demo board in there that fits your needs.
> 
> Or if you go with an off the shelf solution, what about a USB 802.11b adapter instead of the PCMCIA cards?

Generally PC WiFi adapters, be they USB, PCMCIA or PCI, are very "dumb",
and offload a MAJOR portion of work on the PC's driver.

There are exceptions of course, and aiming for adapters that are used on
less powerful devices (i.e. CF or SD WiFi cards meant for PDAs) can
drastically reduce the software support.

Another option, although too big for the op, is WiFi routers. They are
so cheap today I often see them on sale for $10. Some of them have
wireless client capability, meaning they basically act as an Ethernet to
wireless bridge, connecting to a normal access point. I've got one at
home that works very well.

TTYL

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