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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Noob WiFi question (yes-or-no answer will suffice)
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 18:05:57 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2014-10-04, Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@gmx.de> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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’s best suited.
With a PCI card, you can plug into it an extension cable and then
position the antenna wherever it's best suited.
--
Grant