Compatible USB wireless

[Tyler Aviss]

Since I haven't had much luck getting the built-in card to work
consistently it's hard for me to say as I've gone almost exclusively
with the USB stick. The laptop seems to be good for a few 1.5-2h off
battery with the USB stick though (haven't really tried longer).

As N drivers become more prevalent it might be possible to find a
decent PCMCIA card, which might be a better choice than USB. Actually,
newer laptops may also have an "expresscard" slot which according to
wikipedia actually use less power and are faster than either
PCMCIA/USB. Mine has one but I haven't got any cards to test on that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard

- TJA


On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Ian Petersen <ispeters-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> So I grabbed a TP-Link/RaLink wireless USB adaptor and all has been
>> well for surfing. It's slightly bigger than a USB memory stick, but
>> still fairly low-profile while getting a decent signal.
>> I'll check what the exact model is when I get home, but there's a
>> native kernel driver that works nicely.
>
> Can you compare battery consumption between an onboard wifi card vs. a
> USB stick?  I have a couple of machines that work with "traditional"
> 802.11g cards, but I'd like to upgrade to 802.11n one day and a USB
> adapter sounds pretty convenient.
>
> Ian
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