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Beware if ordering Compex WL54G card!
Cowboy wrote:
> Almost everyone making wireless and ethernet cards these days.> What kind of idiots come out with a completely different product and > don't change the part number??? > > Cowboy <Cowboy.1m48gy@WiFi-Forum_dot_com> wrote in news:Cowboy.1m48gy@WiFi-
Forum_dot_com: > They have a new version of this card ("version 1A") but it's still Check their website...> called the WL54G. It is a completely different card from the old > WL54G!!!! There is no Nitro support and no external antenna (the main > reason I ordered one). > > What kind of idiots come out with a completely different product and > don't change the part number??? http://www.cpx.com/proddetail.asp?c=Wireless%20Products&e=118 They clearly differentiate between Version 1A and the old version ; ) It would have been nice to have changed model #'s, but at least they do tell you on their website. -- Lucas Tam (REMOVEn***@rogers.com) Please delete "REMOVE" from the e-mail address when replying. http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/coolspot18/
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"Lucas Tam" <REMOVEn***@rogers.com> wrote in message That doesn't mean much when you think you are ordering an other like the one news:Xns961E81085D909nntprogerscom@127.0.0.1... > Cowboy <Cowboy.1m48gy@WiFi-Forum_dot_com> wrote in > news:Cowboy.1m48gy@WiFi- > Forum_dot_com: > >> They have a new version of this card ("version 1A") but it's still >> called the WL54G. It is a completely different card from the old >> WL54G!!!! There is no Nitro support and no external antenna (the main >> reason I ordered one). >> >> What kind of idiots come out with a completely different product and >> don't change the part number??? > > Check their website... > > http://www.cpx.com/proddetail.asp?c=Wireless%20Products&e=118 > > They clearly differentiate between Version 1A and the old version ; ) > > It would have been nice to have changed model #'s, but at least they do > tell you on their website. > > -- > Lucas Tam (REMOVEn***@rogers.com) > Please delete "REMOVE" from the e-mail address when replying. > http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/coolspot18/ you have. In this case ordering apples gets you oranges, and not more apples. On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:44:09 GMT, Cowboy
<Cowboy.1m48gy@WiFi-Forum_dot_com> wrote: >They have a new version of this card ("version 1A") but it's still That's VERY common in the wireless biz. Several reasons;>called the WL54G. It is a completely different card from the old >WL54G!!!! There is no Nitro support and no external antenna (the main >reason I ordered one). > >What kind of idiots come out with a completely different product and >don't change the part number??? 1. FCC re-certification can sometimes be circumvented by recycling the model number even though the guts are completely different by claiming it's a "change in board vendor" or some such manure. 2. Retailers do not want to stock both the old and the new models at the same time. As soon as the new models appear, they will return the old stock to the distributor or manufacturer for credit as being unsellable or obsolete. Recycling the model number allows the retailers to deplete their stock gracefully. 3. Most customers don't care as long as it works. However, in this case, the difference is apparently non-trivial. -- Jeff Liebermann je***@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 AE6KS 831-336-2558 
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