Gryphon Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighawk211 Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 I would also appreciate this very much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 Welcome to the forum, Gryphon. I posted 1 example of a Linksys 802.11b USB 1.1 adapter. I have never used a USB adapter myself, so I am unsure about the lag. There are not a lot of decent adapters below $40. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833124103 The link below is Newegg's full lineup of wireless adapters ordered by lowest price. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=list&SubCategory=31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 I would only use a Wireless PCI card. DLINK TRENDNET LINKSKEY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryphon Posted October 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 About the PCI cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Matter Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 I use a Wireless G USB adaptor on my twp desktops i own it's by (Blitzz). I can say i love it and have had no issues what so ever. I use it for gaming, and everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 on those cards that do allow substitution of the antenna: there are fairly cheap antennas intended for amateur radio (i think it would be a configuration called yagi. weird name, but the antenna shape is often named for the inventor, like the marconi, the standard stick most people have for their car radio etc. the advantage of a yagi type and doubtless others is that it is semidirectional, meaning you will get better signal strength/range.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 I agree with peepnklown about the pci card. I would preferably use that as a opposed to the usb adapter. There are definitely antennas you can buy, but most decent card antenna combos put the total over your $35 limit. (except the no-name brands, like Linkskey, who is that ? Why not D-Loink? ) That is why I did not bring that up. But, if you do go with the cheap card and antenna combo, and it works well, let us know. There are some very cheap antennas, just be sure the connectors match up: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=list&SubCategory=342 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryphon Posted October 23, 2005 Author CID Share Posted October 23, 2005 I did some research on the Yagi Antenna, and found out that you can build a 802.11 Yagi Antenna. The description was rather bad, so I did some more research Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted October 23, 2005 CID Share Posted October 23, 2005 Great idea building your own antenna. Don't forget you will need a cable to connect your antenna to the pc card. What I was reading mostly just showed how to build the antenna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted October 24, 2005 CID Share Posted October 24, 2005 good luck on your diy cantentana! and one more thing, the signal strengths that are defined by the 802.11 standards are for marconi type antennas, meaning the simple omnidirectional kind. using a directional antenna can put the radiated signal strength over these limits. shouldn't be enough to harm anybody physically, maybe longterm, but if your neighbour gets messed up reception on his radio or something you are outside the fcc guidelines afaik. so do be careful how you point it. especially if a neighbor has a pacemaker... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anox195 Posted October 24, 2005 CID Share Posted October 24, 2005 Use the Linksys Gaming Wireless Adapter, perfect for everthing you said... Gets a good 150+ ft, with up to 10mbps, has no lagg spikes (I use it, so I know), ethernet, can be moved anywhere (depending on length of ethernet cable, works with any wireless network... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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