jlh304

March 21, 2011 at 1:03pm

Of course these would make for good rogue wireless access points.

ShyLinuxGuy

March 21, 2011 at 10:12am

In my experience the PCI adapters have better coverage than USB adapters, but they work for novices who don't know how to install internal components.

And, unless the laptop is too old to be useful (and not have one), the internal wireless PCI card can be upgraded...much better option and a freed-up USB port.

Kazz

March 21, 2011 at 8:57am

I'm still waiting for the 5Ghz-equivalent part to go with the Netgear WNCE2001. Using the 5Ghz radio, 300Mbps speeds while using AC or USB for power and leveraging the ethernet port as it was intended would be a homerun in this market!

Eoraptor

March 21, 2011 at 7:11am

not bad, especially on that price point, but...........

There's a lot of situations where you simply need a bigger antenna. I have a pico blue tooth adapter, and while it's great, it also picks up more interference and has a shorter range than the full sized blue tooth antenna in my other laptop and cellphones. I suppose it's a tradeoff though, because I have snapped off larger dongles swinging the old road warrior around.