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Zadeva: Re: [OS2Wireless] Re: Any interest in desktop mounting a laptop Wi-Fi card?
Datum: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:03:53 -0500
Za: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

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

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Lewis
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