Wireless Networking Question

[Thraxen]

What type of device would you guys recommend for connecting a desktop to a wireless router? Internal card, USB adapter, or Wireless Bridge? Any advantages for going one way over the others?

 

[JackMDS]

Edimax - PCI http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833315041

Driver/Utility for Windows 98SE/Me/2K/XP/XP 64/Vista/Vista 64

http://www.edimax.us/html/english/frames/b-download.htm

Good Wireless chipset and the Antenna that can be placed above the system makes it the preferred choice. :thumbsup:

 

[n0cmonkey]

I like the Edimax card JackMDS suggests, bought 2 actually.

I connect multiple desktops in the same location to a wireless network so I use a router with dd-wrt in client mode. I use a USB dongle for a couple of laptops and they work fine too. I'm not using the PCI cards anymore, because I got the router, but they worked great when I did use them. The desktops share a lot of data with each other, so the router made more sense for my setup.

 

[Thraxen]

Thanks for the info. Cheap + works is a great combo!

 

[spikespiegal]

Wireless Bridge - by far. No Chinese WAN minport drivers to fubar your network config worse than Malware.

Problem is, not to many consumer Wi-Fi Routers handle bridging properly. Worked great on older Linksys G series stuff though. Slammin' fast as well.

Second choice is a PCI Card with external antenna like the Edimax.

USB? You're serious?

 

[mellor]

USB, waste of time, dont bother, you wont get the full speed of which it could handle. But instead of wireless, you could try powerline networking, you get the full speed of ethernet, without the long dragging ethernet

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: melloryou could try powerline networking, you get the full speed of ethernet, without the long dragging ethernet

Nah this is Not a Reality.

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=y&keyword1=power+line