Usb wifi dongle

al-pal

been looking aroun in eBay for a wifi dongle for my old co desktop.
Have seen ones ranging from €5 to €90. The pc will be no more than 10 feet from the router in the hall, would here be a big difference in quality.
Am I better going for a name brand, netlink or Cisco or huawei?
Thanks

mordeith

al-pal wrote: »

been looking aroun in eBay for a wifi dongle for my old co desktop.
Have seen ones ranging from €5 to €90. The pc will be no more than 10 feet from the router in the hall, would here be a big difference in quality.
Am I better going for a name brand, netlink or Cisco or huawei?
Thanks

Probably price more dependent on capabilities of each. Having said that I wouldn't go super cheap. Can you not run an Ethernet cable from hall to the pc?

jimgoose

You can pick up Netgear/TP-Link/BT brand USB adapters in Currys for around €10-€20.

al-pal

mordeith wrote: »

Probably price more dependent on capabilities of each. Having said that I wouldn't go super cheap. Can you not run an Ethernet cable from hall to the pc?

I have an cable but it's stopping sitting room door from closing. Was contemplating drilling through and running cable into wall but figure the usb dongle would be handier. That way if I decided to move desktop at least it'd still be good to go.

al-pal

jimgoose wrote: »

You can pick up Netgear/TP-Link/BT brand USB adapters in Currys for around €10-€20.

Oh that's good to hear. I'd been in currys near me and they were trying to sell me one for €79.99. Thought it a bit steep. It's only used for when herself is on the laptop and I've work to be doing! Might pop back to them and have a chat with them

fleet

Main differences are in radio type: A, B, G, N, AC

A, B, G are all old. Get one that supports N or AC to keep up with modern DSL/Cable providers services/routers.
They're all interoperable (more or less).

Being commodity items the brand doesn't matter nearly as much as it used to.
TP Link make decent cheap hardware.

Poco90

Got this TP-Link the other day for a friend. Cost about €19 delivered with parcel motel. Find it good. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00416Q5KI/ref=pe_385721_51767431_TE_dp_1

coylemj

The TP-Link USB Wi-Fi dongle is €20 in Tesco...

http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/?categoryid=240&model=TL-WN823N

angeldaisy

coylemj wrote: »

The TP-Link USB Wi-Fi dongle is €20 in Tesco...

http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/?categoryid=240&model=TL-WN823N

Just got one today in argos reduced to 13.99

coylemj

angeldaisy wrote: »

Just got one today in argos reduced to 13.99

+1 .....

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1420579/Trail/searchtext%3ETPLINK.htm

Gyck

Got one of these a while back: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003MTTJOY?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
Cheap and works without any issues. Oh and it's tiny!