Wifi Dongles

[Nils Kassube]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Why use a dongle on a desktop system?  Personally, I'd scour the couch
> cushions to get a PCI-Express Wifi card.  It'll work better than a
> dongle.

I think that depends on the location of the desktop and the AP. If the 
rf path is tricky, you would have to move the antenna to find a good 
place. With a built-in wifi card you would need (usually) three rf 
cables between the desktop and the antennas. With a wifi dongle you can 
just extend the USB cable to reach a good position for the dongle. That 
would be only one cable and it is certainly much cheaper than several rf 
cables. Of course there is no such problem, if desktop and AP are in the 
same room.


Nils