From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account lgrosenthal HELO [192.168.100.24]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 1895778 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:03:54 -0500 Message-ID: <4AFB6D09.7030100@2rosenthals.com> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:03:53 -0500 Organization: Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; rv:1.8.1.23) Gecko/20090827 MultiZilla/1.8.3.5g SeaMonkey/1.1.18 (PmW) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Any interest in desktop mounting a laptop Wi-Fi card? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Julian! On 11/11/09 08:23 pm, Julian Thomas thus wrote : > On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:20:31 -0500 Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > >> Greetings, all... >> >> > I am inclined to ask why. The presumable answer is because the desktop is in a location where it is > [difficult|impossible|prohibitively expensive] to run a cable. Another possibility is that the desktop isn't always in > the same place. > > In either case, what advantages are there (costwise or performancewise) to one of the ethernet bridges that > seem to be available for around $50? > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320025 > > ASUS WL-330-Ge - $42 when I just looked > Well, for one, there are instances where one needs to be connected to both the wireless and the wired interfaces at the same time. :-) The WL-330gE does not have a directional antenna, nor is it 802.11a or 802.11n capable or upgradeable. For $27 more than NewEgg's price for the Asus WL-330gE, one could have an integrated 802.11n solution (and no, I am not implying that the Intel 4965AGN card is *fully* 802.11n compliant, as that card predates the ratification of the spec!)... Also, if the included 12Dbi antenna on the card isn't adequate to the job, it's a simple matter to either pigtail to a freestanding antenna placed on top of the computer housing or to a higher gain "duckie" on the card itself; another relatively inexpensive upgrade. Another application might be for a group of systems which need to be easily transported but not portable. In that case, the least number of separate pieces, the better. In this particular instance, the client wanted a fully integrated solution which was easily upgradeable. Cheers/2 -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC www.2rosenthals.com Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com Secure, stable, operating system www.ecomstation.com -------------------------------------------------------------