I have a 2 year old WPC54G and WAP54G. I moved the WAP to the middle of the house, but the link still drops from 54 Meg to 1-2 Meg at 30-40 feet. I thought this was normal. Yesterday my son got a new Dell Inspiron 6000 with integrated 802.11a/b/g. At the same distance with the same WAP it is at the full 54 Meg. Linksys suggested a driver update. Well for my model, I have the latest driver (2003). I see there is a Version 2 and a Version 4 of the card. Do the newer versions have better range? Is the problem the little antenna in the PCMCIA card, maybe the Dell has some huge antenna covering the whole case?
Trying to find out if a newer PCMCIA card will allow my old laptop the connectivity of the Dell.
Thanks.