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Hi, just a quick question, which is more reliable and has bette
transmission

1) PCI wireless network car
2) USB wireless adaptor
 
master said:
Hi, just a quick question, which is more reliable and has better
transmission?

1) PCI wireless network card
2) USB wireless adaptor?
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The type of connector on the adapter doesn't dictate its reliability or
performance. The brand and aerial determines that. I have 2 PCI wireless
adapters. The first performs perfectly giving me a consistent 4 or 5 out of
5 for signal strength and has never dropped the signal once. The other PCI
card I have is useless - in the same position in the house, it barely gets a
signal and frequently drops it. The first adapter is the same brand as my
router (Netgear) and the second adapter is a no-name cheapy.

I would imagine the story would be similar with USB - either try before you
buy, or just get one to match your router (or at worst, a reputable name).
 
Hi, just a quick question, which is more reliable and has better
transmission?

1) PCI wireless network card
2) USB wireless adaptor?
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3) Wired 100Mb or 1000Mb

Either wireless option is inherantly very slow compared to
plain old wired ethernet. Even 10Mb is more reliable as
there are no dropped packets which can be an issue on
streaming media (though higher res media can exceed 10Mb
throughput). USB just adds further complications and thus
the PCI card is the better option, except that some PCI
cards only have an antenna on the back of the card instead
of on a short cable, so the large metal computer case is
effectively blocking a large % of the signal and that may
reduce performance.

The ideal is a PCI card, a short cable, and a tabletop
antenna. That's for short range. If you have longer range
needs you'll need consider a different antenna type.

Another reasonable option is to use a regular PCI (or
motherboard integrated) network adapter with a short
ethernet cable running from that to an access point (or a
leftover router acting as one, whichever). Having the
access point or router-as-access-point gains the ability to
reposition the antenna for better reception, plus the
elimination of the antenna cable so there is far less loss
from it.
 
Am Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:30:00 GMT schrieb master:
Hi, just a quick question, which is more reliable and has better
transmission?

1) PCI wireless network card
2) USB wireless adaptor?
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I made bad experiences with usb adapters, two times. My Laptop's Wlan card
works perfect at the same position. Because of this i am searching for a
good and cheap wireless PCI network card, perhaps from Linksys or
something. Could you tell me which one has good signal strength and doesn't
cost more than 30$? There are 2 Walls between the antenna and the PC, so it
should be a strong one.

Thanks.
 
Markus B said:
Am Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:30:00 GMT schrieb master:


I made bad experiences with usb adapters, two times. My Laptop's Wlan card
works perfect at the same position. Because of this i am searching for a
good and cheap wireless PCI network card, perhaps from Linksys or
something. Could you tell me which one has good signal strength and
doesn't
cost more than 30$? There are 2 Walls between the antenna and the PC, so
it
should be a strong one.
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I repeat my original reply...

"I have 2 PCI wireless adapters. The first performs perfectly giving me a
consistent 4 or 5 out of 5 for signal strength and has never dropped the
signal once. The other PCI card I have is useless - in the same position in
the house, it barely gets a signal and frequently drops it. The first
adapter is the same brand as my router (Netgear) and the second adapter is a
no-name cheapy."

In my experience, a cheap wireless card is a false economy! Sounds like you
already discovered this for yourself with the cheap USB adapters! I would
recommend buying the same brand as your router.
 
Hi, just a quick question, which is more reliable and has better
transmission?

1) PCI wireless network card
2) USB wireless adaptor?
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Here's my experience.

1) PCI wireless network card
Generally has a stronger signal than USB adapters. More reliable once
it's working. Not convenient though as its not portable.

2) USB wireless adapter?
Convenient in that you can move it from machine to machine, but out of
the 2 I've used (Linksys and DLink) I've had nothing but problems and
eventually wound up throwing them in the trash out of frustration.
(i.e. Intermittent connectivity, won't recognize the adapter after
unplugging it and plugging it back without a reboot, configuration
settings get reset when it's removed, works for a while then quits,
etc... )
 
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