Wireless LAN Card Recommendations

I will be in need of a wireless PCI LAN card or USB device for at least a
few days so I don't want to spend much money. Do PCI wireless cards have a
greater range than USB or are they equivalent? I've been looking on eBay.
Has anyone heard of TP-Link? They are very reasonably priced, but are these
cards any good? I'm a little concerned because there's another cheap card
that seems to be in plentiful supply called EDUP. But after doing a Google
search I realized that this one is junk.

"Don" wrote in message
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I will be in need of a wireless PCI LAN card or USB device for at least a
few days so I don't want to spend much money. Do PCI wireless cards have a
greater range than USB or are they equivalent? I've been looking on
eBay. Has anyone heard of TP-Link? They are very reasonably priced, but
are these cards any good? I'm a little concerned because there's another
cheap card that seems to be in plentiful supply called EDUP. But after
doing a Google search I realized that this one is junk.

Well this one's for $10 including shipping, and I've shopped at Newegg long
enough to figure out nutcase reviews to reasonable critques about a product.
So, although I just received one of these cards myself and haven't installed
it I would wager it's probably a pretty decent card from what I have read.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-030-_-Product

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Jan Alter

"Don" wrote ...
I will be in need of a wireless PCI LAN card or USB device for at least a few
days so I don't want to spend much money. Do PCI wireless cards have a greater
range than USB or are they equivalent? I've been looking on eBay. Has anyone
heard of TP-Link? They are very reasonably priced, but are these cards any
good? I'm a little concerned because there's another cheap card that seems to
be in plentiful supply called EDUP. But after doing a Google search I realized
that this one is junk.

When searching for a card several months ago, I did compare several with USB
counterparts from the same companies, and in the same market range. For those
where I could find real specs, the PCI cards had significantly better
sensitivity and power output (i.e., throughput and range).

I've seen the TP-Link ads, and they seem to be targeting D-Link users. If you
only need the card for limited use, go for the good price and hope it is "good
enough" and lasts "long enough"...

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:08:56 -0500, "Don"
wrote:

I will be in need of a wireless PCI LAN card or USB device for at least a
few days so I don't want to spend much money. ...

get a Netgear WG111T ! works awesome!
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