[sclug] Pci / USB card for Suse 9.1

[Chris Aitken]

> On Mon, 24 May 2004, Tim Sutton wrote:
> 
> > I just bought a new pc and want to connect it to my 
> wireless network. 
> > I bought a belkin pci card for it, but it turned out to be 
> unsupported 
> > so I returned it. Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced usb 
> > (=preferred) or pci wireless network card (I only need a 'b' card 
> > because the rest of my network is on b not g anyway). First prize 
> > would be somewhere in Reading where I can just go an pick 
> one up after 
> > work :-P
> 
> The received wisdom seems to be that USB wi-fi cards are 
> generally a bit dodgy, and that PCI cards are too close in 
> price to dedicated APs to be economic.

Are you suggesting using a dedicated AP for this PC instead of a PCI
wireless card?

I agree with the USB wireless point of view. Same as USB ethernet stuff.


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