OxfordTEC have kindly send me some WLAN cards to play and show off their stuff.

Here are the specs to wet the appetite, a review will follow shortly:

SparkLAN WMIR-200N WLAN 802.11n draft2.0 dual band MiniPCI Wifi Module – Laptop Internal Ralink RT2860 Chipset 2T/3R Wireless Adapter

SparkLAN Mimobility 300Mbps technology wireless LAN mini-PCI card IEEE 802.11a+g+b+n Draft wifi standard NIC adapter for laptops
(also for barebones & WRAP boards)

Ralink latest chipset card manufactured by Sparklan only few weeks ago, NEWEST CONFIGURATION VERSION GUARANTIED.
8TH GENERATION CHIP HAS 6x SPEEDS, IMPROVED POWER MANAGEMENT AND MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE SERVICE.

SparkLAN Inc is an upcoming player in the wireless arena with extremelly high quality products at reasonable prices. We are proud to be its North American Official Distributor.

Please check your laptops specifications before buying.

Standard Mini-PCI interface card for laptops. Takes two cable connections for the antenna support. It should fit any recent laptops from IBM, DELL, ACER, Toshiba, Compaq and others ( if you have a Mini-PCI slot and antennae wire(s) your laptop should be compatible – it also works with no antenna attached but it has a far shorter range). Also fully Centrino compatible.

ULTRA FAST SPEED AND EXTRA LONG RADIO RANGE (very high TX and RX power – it has actually much BETTER RECEPTION than many external adapters – improves your connection and your life!). PLUS ENHANCED WPA & WPA2 SECURITY!!! Why having a PCMCIA card sticking out of your laptop when you could easily install this one internally?

SPARKLAN Mini PCI WiFi Wireless 802.11a/b/g/N Universal Card.
[ RALINK CHIPSET - MIMOBILITY technology Mini PCI wireless adapter ]

Every aspect of chipset design is aimed at enabling customers to build smaller and more sophisticated mobile wireless products, more cost-effectively. Every Ralink product is tested and certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance for interoperability with industry standards for IEEE, security and multimedia specifications, including: Wi-Fi, IEEE, WPA, WPA2, Cisco CCX and WMM.

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MIMObility™

With Ralink’s patented MIMObility™ technology for 802.11n, Wi-Fi applications can be extended from traditional PC networking to a wide range of digital multimedia and handheld devices including cell phones, PDAs, cameras, print servers, HDTV and video game players. For each chipset, Ralink delivers software reference platforms empowering customers to develop complete system-level WLAN solutions.

With the introduction of new bandwidth intensive applications and growth of Gigabit Ethernet ports, there is increasing demand for wireless LAN throughput. The SparkLAN Ralink 2860 chipset dramatically increase the overall throughput of the wireless LAN by supporting link rates as high as 300 Mbps – an improvement of nearly six times the throughput of standard 802.11a/g.