wireless noob, researching solid NICs

[Ian Smith]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Doug White wrote:

 > On Sun, 14 Sep 2003, twig les wrote:
 > 
 > > Hey all, I'm trying to get my first wireless network running in
 > > the next week or so and am researching the different options.  I
 > > liked the Intel option but the 2011 card is discontinued.  I
 > > also liked the Linksys option but I'm reading about some of the
 > > newer firmwares not being supported (>2.0?).  Can anyone
 > > recommend a nice little PCMCIA 802.11b card that works with WEP
 > > and is supported in 5.x?
 > 
 > Netgear MA411.  Its a Prism2.5 chipset and works well with just about
 > anything.  You can rev the firmware if you want to do hostap but the
 > shipped firmware is fine for normal station use.

Is the MA411 significantly better / different from the MA401?

Thanks, Ian