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 E610213838B for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2014 18:06:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7C39DE09A4; Sat, 4 Oct 2014 18:06:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 19E41E093A for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2014 18:06:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 245CF3402E6 for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2014 18:06:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.102 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.102 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.608, BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FwU4_dc0E7vG for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2014 18:06:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12B8A34028F for ; Sat, 4 Oct 2014 18:06:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XaTia-0000c5-OK for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 04 Oct 2014 20:06:08 +0200 Received: from c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net ([24.118.110.103]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 04 Oct 2014 20:06:08 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 04 Oct 2014 20:06:08 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Noob WiFi question (yes-or-no answer will suffice) Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 18:05:57 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <542E08F3.8080602@alectenharmsel.com> <20141004163719.GB3508@kern.lan> 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: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 85cbb080-3275-4a47-b7df-550c48680ee3 X-Archives-Hash: dfcc2f8d014fdf3fe7a07e72f630b1bf On 2014-10-04, Frank Steinmetzger 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