[Cialug] wireless PCI adapter

[Nathan C. Smith]

My experience has also been that the antenna is affected by the case.  Some
manufacturers actually extend the antennae with a short length of cable.
This could either help, or cause as much loss in the cable as the case does
on a directly attached antenna behind the case.

If it is a permanent installation (not switching ssids much) I might try
using one of the adapters sold as a game adapter.  They are
web-configurable, and convert wi-fi to ethernet.  They are overpriced.

FWIW, most pci adapters are just pc-card (PCMCIA?) adapters permamanently
mounted on a card.

USB adapters can be a challenge with Linux.

-Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: David Champion [mailto:dave at visionary.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 9:46 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] wireless PCI adapter


I talked to Matt a little about this at the SFD event, then later to Tom 
  Pohl and others.

Matt didn't want to use USB because he didn't know if he had a free USB 
port on all machines, and was concerned that they might be USB 1.0.

Tom and I both have had similar experiences with PCI cards - that they 
don't get very good reception because the antenna is potentially blocked 
by your PC case.

One nice thing about the USB adapters is you can put them on an 
extension cable (some of them come with a cable and even a nifty stand) 
then orient it for the best reception.

Tom also mentioned that you can get a PCI to PCMCIA adapter, then plug 
in the PCMCIA card of your choice. Of course, this will add to your cost.

-dc

Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> I'm curious, why did you choose to avoid the USB adapters?
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 09:07, Matthew Johnson wrote:
> 
>>Hello All,
>>I would like to set up a home wireless network, and
>>was hoping for recommendations regarding a Linux
>>compatible PCI wireless card for a desktop machine. prism54.org only 
>>lists one card, there has to be others...? Just to complicate the 
>>situation further, 802.11g is the goal, along with avoiding the USB
>>attached adapters. Thank you for any suggestions.
>>
>>Matthew
>>
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