From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00F9013838B for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2014 16:37:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BABA9E08CA; Sat, 4 Oct 2014 16:37:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 718F1E08AA for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2014 16:37:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([141.24.17.218]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Lmr1w-1Y8ipI0P9A-00hAFq for ; Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:37:20 +0200 Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 18:37:19 +0200 From: Frank Steinmetzger To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Noob WiFi question (yes-or-no answer will suffice) Message-ID: <20141004163719.GB3508@kern.lan> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <542E08F3.8080602@alectenharmsel.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <542E08F3.8080602@alectenharmsel.com> User-Agent: Mutt 1.5.22 (2013-10-16, Gentoo 1.5.22-r3) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:M0tAlxFml+ll6r/SMpiwNzqpW84SKLZZkHXW7Sje97faiWhFjf5 WeV9/bIsVg03Bwe2cirUzEKKQ7XzPtEQexITj/BqdnVm+0/3DwfssDsDdJQeiW0/Yja+v+3 CHA9yEAPJHizmz6HE7QeXyS1gx+mH9Xm0cLRBwhIPE/fRxWt83mop9bLEsTm/f3MmlTQFBe Vs3esm8sGXgM+TjUr4CTg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-Archives-Salt: 474035e9-5e86-4070-b374-8065ac4ae1f8 X-Archives-Hash: 4510627a999c25c8b89cf38931c63f08 --dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 10:24:51PM -0400, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > > If not, I'll either buy a better USB WiFi adapter or continue to > > google it. > > > > Thanks. > > > If you buy a new one, go with a PCI card. PCI is a much better bus than > USB - more power so the chipset does the majority of the processing > instead of the typical USB designs that offload a bunch of it to your > CPU. Also, if you buy a new one, I've had fantastic experiences with > Intel chipsets. OTOH (I not only have 5 fingers, but) one disadvantage of PCI cards is their possibly bad orientation. Their antennae are hidden behind a metal box in a corner, which may impede reception. With a USB dongle, you can plug it into an extension cable and then position wherever it=E2=80=99s best suited. If your network speed is so great and CPU is so weak that it=E2=80=99s beco= ming a performance drain, then that=E2=80=99s another pair o=E2=80=99shoes. --=20 Gru=C3=9F | Greetings | Qapla=E2=80=99 Please do not share anything from, with or about me with any Facebook servi= ce. =E2=80=9CReally, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect.=E2=80=9D =E2=80= =93 Linus Torvalds --dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUMCI/AAoJEIsxvrVA1DDKKLIP/1AsMG6SEhJKkpSMtst3933c IIFcFh1YS4r5XbQVGYuc5y/57dlGE+z8wJW7SWEg0z1eLWfk+TzhwVWoKyO4Vsw/ uJiCSWNFS6v8SqUZDEjayvcPTiWDHW35gGSOlGZbeTWSFmPgvgRflzPDDMILvqOh Xizm6k8dUc5fvbH2jgUIZ0jBGnGOJA3KOJB+bJcjpVFqTINk5l81oqWmj2HW7ux0 8W+YRjVVUkBp4BcepR2qR/oEGRbaEfYUM5UfZVgKWoZ+ljPTe2KecGdj+v5xMCj4 SmeRMp2eTkm4bUTV2swhcACjhIp1W3QjuRIQ57DyvDvptHSWHO/sS0+tcodTB7VH +V9cHxufi5cJKAmsLXsFZXLlu2vSDpXzXLfI0PBE/pjOba2io8j7XIV1HJXRbjqP 8Vuoxo5enAUHfZDLA3MeG6EU04hMZBAkRsutSPSM691JwJHa+rr+U3psPN2cUKaS SVkT4qk6XHxhl+eJkD0VZyq3v/Wim8zzd2bcACjcW8uGTDv46kUMnCUPZ7r8WLoG cpRUn19EwsPm6oHOOpJfemBkMee9N3UZTBMPbR3pX058Kjn3D1yYGDOaLostoKUr OOYyianMGVOVGI7eGSJWnCMvCLQQBpc6QfDzs5YMgs0l1xOrZOhrLnHP7ftG+9oV Zwg83i3Arpjl6KWBnPCb =NtuR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dc+cDN39EJAMEtIO--