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PC to Laptop Ad-hoc Wireless Advice

Duffman · 2004-02-18 17:13:40

I have a laptop with wireless b and I want to set up an ad-hoc network with my desktop to share an ISDN connection. I'm looking for a NIC for the desktop. There are some cheap USB NICs on Komplett: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=110486&view=detailed http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=122836&view=detailed Would these…

18-02-2004 06:13PM

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Duffman

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I have a laptop with wireless b and I want to set up an ad-hoc network with my desktop to share an ISDN connection. I'm looking for a NIC for the desktop.

There are some cheap USB NICs on Komplett:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=110486&view=detailed
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=122836&view=detailed

Would these be any good?

Are there any disadvantages to using USB NICs? (desktop has USB 1.1 afaik)

There's also a PCI card for a similar price..

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=121268&view=detailed

The PCI card has an indoor range of 100m as does one of the USB NICs.. Would the external antenna on the PCI card mean I could extend this range by modding/replacing it, something I couldn't do with USB?

Will these cheap cards do the job or is there any point in spending more cash?

Thanks

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