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What wireless network adapter to buy?

Follow Question Posted by Trixey on Jul 06, 2011

My old adapter is gone and I'm looking for new. Are all brands the same? Do network adapters with higher power rating have better range?

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1 Immortal on Jul 06, 2011

Level 9 If by "wireless network adapter" :) you mean Wireless USB dongle I can reccomend you anything Cisco sells, but more particularly:
http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Adapters/Linksys-AE1000-Wirelessn-connector_stcVVproductId97826164VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm

It is a wireless-n adapter and works flawlessly as far as I know.

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2 Trixey on Jul 06, 2011

Level 3 Yeah, I meant USB...I didn't explain it correctly...

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3 Warrior on Jul 07, 2011

Level 2 Yes, network adapters with higher power rating have better range...choose some major brand (Cisco, Asus, HP)

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5 Konig on Jul 07, 2011

Level 2 Basically they are all the same, if you stick to the major brands you should be fine. I'd recommend you buy a stick with higher power and signal sensitivity rating and preferably with external antenna (if that doesn't bother you of course).

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