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On Tuesday 14 September 2004 12:35 pm, Kenneth D. Merry wrote:

> I got mine from Discount Technology.  Make sure you get the card that does
> a, b and g.  They have another, cheaper card that only does a and b.
>
> http://www.discountechnology.com/
>
> They're selling them for $100.  Keep in mind that this card doesn't do the
> super-G stuff (i.e. double speed G), but will do 108Mbps in 802.11a, since
> it has an Atheros chipset.  (Although, as I noted above, the ath driver
> wasn't working in Turbo mode as of a few months ago.)

Street prices on dual-band Atheros cards have dropped through the floor.  Look 
for something more in the $40-60 range.

	Sam