[olug] OT?: Desktop Wireless Card desired.

[Dan Linder]

I don't have a PCI card or suggestion for one, but can you use a USB
attached wireless adapter?  If you're like me, you might have a spare
laying around - at least these are cheap to purchase at NewEgg or even
BestBuy or WalMart.

In my experience I have had to adjust the location of the antenna to get
the best reception if I'm connecting to it from a different room.  With a
USB stick, you can use a cheap USB extender cable and move it quite easily.
 (Extending an external antenna is about as easy, but the coax cable is
usually a bit more expensive...maybe MonoPrice has them, haven't checked.)

Dan

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 16:30, Joseph Gulizia <joseph.gulizia at gmail.com>wrote:

> OT?:  Desktop Wireless Card desired.
>
>
> I would like to find a wiress card for a desktop.
>
> Here's the back story.
>
> Running off of a wireless hotspot and the wireless card doesn't connect on
> one machine...does on another.  It is a Dynex PCI card and sees hotspot on
> desktop running Ubuntu 11.10 but doesn't connect.  Put in another desktop
> and it works fine.  It was working on a Wireless G router fine in Ubuntu
> 11.10 previous to using the hotspot.
>
> I HAVE NOT tried a live disk to see if it connects.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
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