senao SL-2511-CF here... until the antennae cover came off it while it was in a pocket in my handbag along with a lot more stuff, i didn't realize how excellent that card was!
OK, glued it back. works perfectly. :sigh in relief: amazing that it survived the accident, as some chips had been exposed to dangerous stuff for a while...
so, this is a very nice card with a slim antennae
(!
) with a nice colour that goes fine with a lot of my hpc's, and it is an absolutely standard prism, unlike the dlink 660, etc. ah yes i got disappointed in the dlink when it refused to work on one of my CE2 machines! also the senao isnt compatible with it on my wibook so the dlink can't be an absolutely standard prism lol.
(lol, what is absolutely standard? yeah, the one that works on every hpc with the prism drivers. now my compaq's are strange though ... no prism card will ever work in them?!
)
ok back to senao, its only disadvantage is that its signal sensitivity is a little worse than the dlink.
(this is because it's slim..
) hmm and i also like it that the light on the led gets continuous instantly when it sees a network. even before it's fully connected
(getting the IP and all that bs
). not all cards are like this! perfect for wardriving hahaha.
the dlink
(d-link dcf660w
) is a very good card too, the signal strength is nice with it! but i heard the dcf650w is even better in this respect. must try one out...
orinoco: very good signal again! too bad it's pcmcia
that's why i sold mine..
don't recommend: pretec, sensitivity is bad and not the best for war driving anyway
(the led on it... grr
)