16 Bit PCMCIA Support for 802.11i

[bpon]

Does anybody know if there are going to be any hardware providers for 802.11b/g/i cards for 16 bit devices like PDA's? Seems like either the 16 bit cards can't support AES encryption that 802.11i requires...or vendors are only making these in Cardbus.

[Greenstead]

I'm not sure I understand the question fully.

802.11i (WPA2) was only ratified in June.
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3373441

802.11b cards (with WEP) are available for PDAs.
e.g.
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201523&pcount=&Product_Id=125086

I personally like Dells wireless PDA which has the WiFi forerunner of 802.11i (WPA) encryption.
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/featured_handheld_3?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

We can expect a flood of new products with 802.11i in the near future.

[bpon]

I have a number of devices (pda's and laptops) that do not have a cardbus slot. I would like to get these on an existing 802.11b network that is going to be upgraded to support 802.11i.

My problem is, i cannot find a hardware provider that has 16 bit cards that will have the processing power to support the AES encryption that the i standard requires.

Does anyone know of any vendor that is going to be providing a 16 bit pcmcia or compact flash 802.11b card that will support 802.11i? Everywhere i look, the cards are cardbus!

Thanks

[JackMDS]

I did not see any manufacturer making a statement about there intentions to manufacturer 16bit compatible 802.11i.

The way it goes currently I doubt that there will be such a thing.

:(

[bpon]

Somebody has to address this void...there's a definite market out there because of legacy handheld devices and laptops that do not have cardbus or USB.