PCI wireless card with win2k3 server?

On Fri, 4 May 2007 22:02:18 +0300, "NetMasker" wrote in :

A guaranteed alternative is to use a wireless Ethernet (client) bridge connected to an Ethernet port. Buffalo makes a good one.

Personally I'd steer clear of PCI wireless cards on servers - they're going to end up at the back of the rack, surrounded by a shed load of metal and with really poor reception. John's suggestion of an ethernet client bridge is much more likely to work.

You get what you pay for. But a PCI card might be adequate for the OP's purpose. Mine works well in the house (30 feet through 2 walls), was much cheaper than a wireless ethernet bridge, and makes for a neater installation. It picks up half a dozen neighbors, too.

I've had mine in three different tower cases with good results. The OP didn't actually say what kind of a case he has. But if there's any question about signal strength the bridge would be preferred.

Sadly though I had my PCI card in a computer with 2003 Server, I never tested it with that OS, so I can't answer the original question.

-- Joel

I was assuming the OP was talking about a racked server - didn't occur to me he might have meant a standalone desktop with server s/w installed.

I meant a standalone desktop with server s/w installed. No rack, no production server. It is only for testing purposes and I want to connect it to an AP. So do you know any pci wireless cards with drivers that work with win2k3 ???

I would suspect that most of the general big-brand cards (DLink, Linksys) would have no problem under W2k3.

I have a computer here running Win2k3 and it is using a DLink PCI (DWL-AG530) 802.11a/gb card just fine...

In fact, when I installed the drivers (WinXP/2K), I seem to even recall the installation giving a screen saying it was installing for Win2k3...