[Cialug] wireless PCI adapter

[David Champion]

Yes...

In my limited experience with PCI wifi cards - even if I turned the case 
around so the antenna was facing the AP, I still got far less signal 
strength than a laptop with a PCMCIA wifi card. Those were both D-Link 
802.11b+ cards talking to a D-Link AP.

-dc

Matthew Johnson wrote:
> By going the PCMCIA to PCI adapter route, I'm guessing the potential for
> poor reception (due to the case) will still exist.  correct?
> Matthew
> 
> 
>>>>dave at visionary.com 9/12/05 9:45:54 AM >>>
> 
> 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