What connection is the best option for clients

So I'm buying a wireless router to get online. I've decided
on D-Link AirPlus DI-524 Wireless Router. For the client
end, should I get the adaptor card for the desktop? PC card
for my notebook? or USB adaptor for both desktop and
notebook?

It looks like USB adaptor is the most compatible and simple
solution. It can be plugged into a notebook or a desktop
with ease. But is it as fast as the other two choices?
Sometimes I feel USB is slow when I used it to download
pictures from my SONY camera. What do you think?

I use the DI 524, works fine. I use a simple Ethernet card in my "main" PC
and in my son's room since they already had the cable in place. Installing a
NIC card is a 10 minute job. My wife's notebook has the DWL G630 adapter
card.
I try to avoid USB if possible for any type of networking.
You might want to check at a Best Buy store if there is one around. I bought
my router and PC card in a package for $20.00 after rebates.

"ruthless" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> So I'm buying a wireless router to get online. I've decided
> on D-Link AirPlus DI-524 Wireless Router. For the client
> end, should I get the adaptor card for the desktop? PC card
> for my notebook? or USB adaptor for both desktop and
> notebook?
>
> It looks like USB adaptor is the most compatible and simple
> solution. It can be plugged into a notebook or a desktop
> with ease. But is it as fast as the other two choices?
> Sometimes I feel USB is slow when I used it to download
> pictures from my SONY camera. What do you think?

Why would you avoid the wireless USB adaptor? It's small
and I can use it on both laptop and desktop. It wouldn't be
so easy with the wireless PCI card. So unless it works slow
or malfunctions a lot. I really want to get the USB one.
Care to explain a bit more?


On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:30:51 GMT, "fhm"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I use the DI 524, works fine. I use a simple Ethernet card in my "main" PC
>and in my son's room since they already had the cable in place. Installing a
>NIC card is a 10 minute job. My wife's notebook has the DWL G630 adapter
>card.
>I try to avoid USB if possible for any type of networking.
>You might want to check at a Best Buy store if there is one around. I bought
>my router and PC card in a package for $20.00 after rebates.
>
>"ruthless" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> So I'm buying a wireless router to get online. I've decided
>> on D-Link AirPlus DI-524 Wireless Router. For the client
>> end, should I get the adaptor card for the desktop? PC card
>> for my notebook? or USB adaptor for both desktop and
>> notebook?
>>
>> It looks like USB adaptor is the most compatible and simple
>> solution. It can be plugged into a notebook or a desktop
>> with ease. But is it as fast as the other two choices?
>> Sometimes I feel USB is slow when I used it to download
>> pictures from my SONY camera. What do you think?
>

ruthless <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Why would you avoid the wireless USB adaptor? It's small
> and I can use it on both laptop and desktop. It wouldn't be
> so easy with the wireless PCI card. So unless it works slow
> or malfunctions a lot. I really want to get the USB one.
> Care to explain a bit more?
>
>
<SNIP>

USB is OK for it's (supposed) ease of use, but having too many USB devices
can hurt performance. If you look under Device Manager, you'll see that the
hardware IRQ's are shared by USB ports. My wife's computer has 6 USB ports,
and all 6 share the same hardware IRQ.

So connecting more than one high-throughput device, IMO, would be a
mistake, as in a USB NIC and an external USB HD.

There are plusses to it as you can use it on more than one computer, and
they are relatively cheap.

My recommendation is to wire the desktop, and you can do wireless for the
laptop.