[MLB-WIRELESS] Enterasys cards & product range with guarenteed delivery.

[Paul van den Bergen]

On 05/07/02 02:51 PM, Steven Haigh wrote:

>Through the talks with Enterasys, we are looking at obtaining a substantial
>discount on their entire product range - which includes Access Points, PCI
>and ISA cradles, WiFi cards (both 802.11a & .11b).
>
this is fantastic news.  Nice to know they are willing to talk to us...

>I'm speaking specifically about the PCMCIA cards at the moment, but what you
>members feel is a reasonable price for the RoamAbout series of cards (yes,
>the same as the current $60 cards)... Now one thing Enterasys has informed
>me, is that they will not be able to match the current $50 - $60 going rate.
>The reason the current bulk buys are so cheap is that Skynet Global who
>bought the cards went under, and the cards are essentially part of their
>liquidated assets.
>
So, while good now, they will dry up soon enough.

>
>
>Now while this may be good for a number of us, this also means that if your
>$60 card is a lemon, then that's pretty much your bad luck..
>
Personally, I am quite comfortable with the concept of getting the cards 
cheap and owning the risk...

>Comments? Suggestions?
>
The main advantage of this as far as I can see is that we get compatable 
hardware.  It will be interesting to see what the costs are going to 
come out as.  when I first started looking at this a few months ago the 
card was going to set me back ~$180 + and the cradle ~$130+ Now I can 
get a card for $50 and a cradle for $65 that will work for my OS of 
choice (FreeBSD).  it is frustrating too that the cost for PC's is so 
much higher than for laptops.  Do you know what bundling they are 
willing to do for ISA/PCI-PCMCIA cards together? and multi-card 
adaptors?  (ie, what hardware range are we looking at?)

-- 
Dr Paul van den Bergen
SERC
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paul at serc.rmit.edu.au
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