On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:59:39 -0700, ken <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>On 1/20/2011 8:36 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:40:32 -0600, bob<(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking for a wireless NIC.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>> Are you open to using a USB device or even a wireless router
>> configured as a wireless client bridge? The disadvantage of a PCI/PCIe
>> card is that the antenna is usually located behind the computer where
>> the signal is partially blocked by the computer itself. The other two
>> solutions allow you some flexibility in placement of the antenna.
>>
>
>Rosewill does make a couple of NICs that have cables going to the antenna:
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833166020
>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833166060
If I can be nitpicky, I like solutions that place the radio next to
the antenna and the cable goes from the radio to the PC rather than
having the cable between the radio and the antenna. (There's a whole
lot less cable loss in a USB or Ethernet cable than there is in an RF
cable.)
For my tastes, there's too much cable loss in designs like those
Rosewill NICs, but the bottom line is that if you have enough usable
signal, they should still work. If the situation is borderline,
though, they may not work as well or perhaps may not even work at all.
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