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| Author: | +++NdsH4ck3r [ Sat May 19, 2007 8:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Wireless Card suggestions |
Hello all, I just purchased a dell laptop from a friend(I know they suck, no need to comment) because I got a really good deal on it. However, it does not include a wireless card. I went to office depot and best buy yesterday to look for choices, and so far they are: a netgear basic wireless card ($30), a netgear MIMO wireless card ($65), or a linksys basic wireless card ($60). I talked to the help guy on staff, and he recommended to me the linksys one, because he said its easiest to set up. However, I have no problems setting things up, so if that's the only difference between the linksys and the netgear, should I just get the cheap netgear one? |
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| Author: | bosko [ Sat May 19, 2007 10:22 am ] |
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I have a netgear and let you tell you something I've had it for 4 years and in that time my kids tore it apart .....I put it back together and the bitch still runs. It's being used on my kids IBM notebook. I didnt have a problem with setting it up on my old sony notebook eaither and sony is shit. However there is a sight problem with setting it up on ubuntu hoary hedgehog it would not recognize it no matter what I tried. out of frustration and trying to set it up on Ubuntu I switched to SUSE and it picked up the card right away. but really people here will tell you to go with linksys. |
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| Author: | +++NdsH4ck3r [ Sat May 19, 2007 11:30 am ] |
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Im sorry, in my first post the network MIMO card was a netgear also. So if i go for netgear, should i get basic, or MIMO? |
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| Author: | +++NdsH4ck3r [ Sat May 19, 2007 2:21 pm ] |
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Any one else have any suggestions? |
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| Author: | ?man [ Sun May 20, 2007 9:31 am ] |
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I have to recommend against the Linksys one. Unlike their routers, their wireless cards are nothing special and overpriced, IMO. And unless you have a MIMO router, you won't enjoy any of the benefits of a MIMO card. However, I strongly suggest you buy online, via Newegg.com. You'll get a much better price. Also, you should investigate if the laptop has a miniPCI slot and antenna in it, because you can buy an internal wireless card, as well. |
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| Author: | bosko [ Sun May 20, 2007 2:16 pm ] |
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hey Q have you tried the USB Wi-Fi? or seen the super g routers? |
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| Author: | Parasyte [ Sun May 20, 2007 3:48 pm ] |
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Linksys wireless cards are mediocre. Though their Linux-based routers certainly are the best available for the cost. USB is a shitty technology, but it has a lot of support from the industry bigwigs like Intel and Microsoft (who invented the damn thing). I wouldn't even bother with the USB WiFi crap if you can avoid it. Save your USB ports for external HDDs, or hell, more USB hubs for even more external HDDs. |
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| Author: | MIR [ Mon May 21, 2007 12:50 pm ] |
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What about TrendNET, Hawking Technologies, or ZyXel? |
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| Author: | nicky041192 [ Mon May 21, 2007 1:03 pm ] |
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it should be better getting one thats the same make as your router for better performance. |
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| Author: | +++NdsH4ck3r [ Mon May 21, 2007 5:57 pm ] |
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Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I ended up going with a D-Link Rangebooster G card. It was only $50. I thought that the Rangebooster part would help, but so far its not really doing anything... anyway - nicky, i cant go that way since my router manufacturer is Sonicwall, and they dont make wireless cards... |
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| Author: | ?man [ Tue May 22, 2007 1:57 pm ] |
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The so-called Rangebooster technology will only work with a Rangebooster router. This is why I said don't bother with any of those things. |
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| Author: | nicky041192 [ Tue May 22, 2007 2:08 pm ] |
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sonicwall? never heard of it. |
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| Author: | +++NdsH4ck3r [ Tue May 22, 2007 6:13 pm ] |
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?man wrote: The so-called Rangebooster technology will only work with a Rangebooster router. This is why I said don't bother with any of those things. Yeah, unfortunately the guy told me, well, its ideal for use with a rangebooster router, but it will still help. Yea rite. Anyway, I am happy with it, since it's perfect for hacking WEP...  nicky041192 wrote: sonicwall? never heard of it.
Yea, i know, no one has ever heard of it. its a business designed router, provided by Qwest. |
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