[YLUG] Wireless networking of desktop PCs

[Haven]

Personally I opted for the USB route, there's a plethora of USB ports 
and very few PCi ones on all my machines.

The one I ended up using a lot was the Edimax EW-7318USG. There's 
support for it in kernels after 2.6.28. The replacement antennae was 
what really caught my eye as some of my machines are scattered long 
range from the Access Point.

Got mine off amazon but it looks like they've moved on so maybe get a 
newer model:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000NNSY7K

Obligatory silly antenna piccy below:

http://haven.thehavennet.org.uk/files/edimax-antenna.JPG

Regards

Simon

Roger Leigh wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> In order to prevent the need for long runs of ethernet around the
> house, I'm considering getting some sort of wireless hardware for
> my desktop PC in order to allow it to connect to the wireless
> network provided by our ADSL router.  I've not used wireless much,
> let alone on a non-laptop system where it is not typically built-in.
>
> Could anyone recommend any Linux-compatible hardware that can be
> configured without the need for NetworkMangler^H^H^H^Hager to
> make it work?
>
> I've seen both USB and PCI devices available; is one preferable
> or are both equally decent in terms of hardware support, ease of
> configuration and system overhead during operation?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Roger
>
>