WiFi 802.11g USB adapters

CaptSolo

Can you suggest best places to buy a WiFi 802.11g USB adapter and also what adapter to buy?

I am looking for a USB adapter because I don't have any free PCI slots.
Main criteria: good price + decent WiFi range and stability.

Here are some WiFi adapters that look particularly interesting:

• Hawking Technology's HWU54D, 2.4Ghz Hi-Gain Directional Wireless-G USB 2.0 Network Adapter - an ideal choice (rarely there are USB Wifi with directional antennas), but costly. Is there a good place in Ireland or UK to buy it? (Amazon.com has it, but won't ship to Europe)
• Linksys Wireless-G Portable USB Adapter - looks nice, has external antenna, but also costs (50 eur + 10 eur delivery)
• MyMemory Wifi / Bluetooth USB Adaptor - low-cost combination of WiFi and Bluetooth. 18 GBP + delivery. Cost is attractive, but I wonder if such a combination is stable.
• A WIFI 802.11G 54MBPS USB 2.0 Wireless Adapter 54G - cheap and simple WiFi USB stick from EBay for 14 GBP.

Any suggestions?

Best,
CaptSolo

lazygit

im not sure how good those usb pen one's are.. personally i would get the Linksys one. i have 2 Linksys PCI Wifi Cards and there excellent.

CaptSolo

lazygit wrote:

im not sure how good those usb pen one's are.. personally i would get the Linksys one. i have 2 Linksys PCI Wifi Cards and there excellent.

Linksys is also of a USB pen type - it just has a holder (but you can plug it directly into USB port as well) and an external antenna.

Hawking Technology product looks like a killer adapter, but where can we get it here?

Best,
CaptSolo

lazygit

yea the directional antenna's are very nice.. i had a normal airel on my pci card and was getting about 40% signal strength to my accesspoint.. (the house is big and the walls are solid concrete ;p) with a Directional antenna attached to the card in place of the normal aireal the singnal was boosted to about 80%

CaptSolo

lazygit wrote:

yea the directional antenna's are very nice.. i had a normal airel on my pci card and was getting about 40% signal strength to my accesspoint.. (the house is big and the walls are solid concrete ;p) with a Directional antenna attached to the card in place of the normal aireal the singnal was boosted to about 80%

OK - agreed that the one with directional antenna is the best choice.

Any ideas where to order it from?
Online shops from Ireland or UK preferable.

Most of searches for Hawking Technology's HWU54D, 2.4Ghz Hi-Gain Directional Wireless-G USB 2.0 Network Adapter return price / seller aggregation pages (e.g. fashion.ie) that show a number of sellers, but in the end it turns out they all are in the US _and_ they ship via amazon.com _and_ amazon.com won't ship electronic goods internationally.

Best,
CaptSolo

irlrobins

mail elara.ie or microaid.ie and see if they can source it for you. I find microaid.ie good for getting stuff not listed on their site.

Karoma

Agreed. Please let us know if one can source it!
(grumbles quietly..7dBi.."hi-gain"..bah!)

BTW: PCWorld have similar (LinkSys & BT) USB dongles with external antennae..but not very impressive..