Re: Help in Purchasing a Wireless PCI Card/USB Adapter for Personal Use

I'll add a few things:

- The ability to place your USB where you want it can be critical.

Example: My neighbor has a cheap $20 USB adapter with the typical
internal antenna up on a stick (covered in plastic) outside his
house. He's got it on a 15' (zero loss) USB extension going through a
window. His pci card would not work at all where his pc is, but with
the USB out the window he found a clear line of sight and connects at
full speed.

He could have bought a low loss coax antenna cable, but it would have
cost much more and/or lost too much signal.

- You CAN buy a USB adapter that has a decent antenna. You can even
replace the antenna with a higher gain one.


Here's a good deal as an example:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16833315075


3) USB has another advantage: it will work on any desktop or laptop
you may need it for in the future.

Steve
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