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    USB Wireless Adapter Question

    I have to move my computer so I'll need to go wireless.

    Are those Wireless USB Adapters as fast as a PCI Card?



    Seems so easy to install, and if it's just as good, why not?

    My PC will be 6 feet from the router, but the signal will have to go through a 4-foot wall. (standard residential wall, drywall and wood 2x4's)

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    Re: USB Wireless Adapter Question

    6 feet and wire is out of the question?

    Anyways, I think that as long as the adapter is a B or G, the speeds will be the same with a PCI or USB adapter.

    My daughter has a linksys USB adapter (wireless B) and she has no problems connecting to the network. I did have to change from WEP to WPA though as wep was given me intermitent connections.

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    Re: USB Wireless Adapter Question

    Thanks.

    I could run wire, and I may. I'll have to drill through one wall that leads to a closet. Pass the cable through the closet and through another wall to the router (the router is a U-Verse hub that can't be moved)
    And I may do that.....just trying to avoid holes in the walls.

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    Re: USB Wireless Adapter Question

    Wouldn't running the cable along the lower part of the wall work ?

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    Re: USB Wireless Adapter Question

    their both going to work them same, you will lose some speed though going from wired to wireless, but it does not matter if you run a pci card or usb, just try to stay away from dlink wireless cards have had nothing but issues with them personally.

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    Re: USB Wireless Adapter Question

    from customers in my store heard nothing but complaints about most USB wireless adapters other than linksys. Cisco products go a long way these days

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