Compatible USB wireless

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 01:28:51PM -0500, James Knott wrote:
> In that situation, I'd seriously consider replacing the internal WiFi 
> NIC, as you'll then be able to use the built in antenna.  I did that 
> with my ThinkPad.  The original NIC in it would only do 802.11b and it 
> did not work well with Linux WiFi utilities, though I could establish 
> connections.  I bought an Intel card and it worked well, though the swap 
> cost me the telephone modem, which was built into the old card.

Some laptops (compaq/hp for example) won't boot if you swap out the wifi
module.

802.11n requires 3 antennas I believe, and 802.1b/g cards only have two.

So either way, no go I suspect.

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Len Sorensen
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