Need to Add Wifi Support to my Desktop PC

[Gaurish]

Hi,

I need to add Wifi Capability to Machine. I searched a bit and it seems there are two ways:

1) Wifi PCI Card

2) USB Dongle

My requirements are:

1) Should work 24/7 for long hours without any disconnection issues,driver problems or something like this. means it should be reliable as the Wired LAN Card

2) Should work with Windows 7 & Ubuntu

Any suggestions with costs?

 

[whatsinaname]

I would suggest getting a decent PCI card. I've seen people say that they have dropped connections with USB dongles.

I use a PCI card myself, but one that has an extended antenna. Something like this. So even if your case is in a recess, the connection will be quite good.

 

[Gaurish]

Any particular model you would suggest?

I found this. is it good? does it work with win7 & Ubuntu Linux?

 

[whatsinaname]

Any particular model you would suggest?

I found this. is it good? does it work with win7 & Ubuntu Linux?

Buy Asus PCE-N13 PCI-Express Adapter in Mumbai India

How about that one? Wireless 802.11n is also supported and works out of the box in Windows 7. Based on a Ralink chip for which Ralink has released linux drivers.

 

[asingh]

Using an ASUS USB dongle. Absolutely no drop in connectivity. Did not want to go for the internal card since the setup is all ready cluttered due to 2 GPUs. Has a driver CD and all works quite easy out-of-the-box.

This was the part. You would need to confirm non-M$ compatibility.

 

[suryansh.gupta]

is there any way to extend the range of wifi ?

 

[uziel]

use good quality hardware, external antenna placement should be well thought.

 

[whatsinaname]

is there any way to extend the range of wifi ?

You can use Wireless Repeaters.

 

[suryansh.gupta]

where can i get those antenna and what'll be the range of those antenna ?

 

[vantheman5211]

i use a wifi adapter and it does give me disconnection issues sometimes.imo a pci card would be better.

 

[Haddock]

I'm alos looking for a wifi adapter, same asus model - PCE-N13

but my doubt is -

is it possible to use this PCI- wifi adapter in desktop for sharing docomo 3G USB donlge internet with laptop & mobile phones?

it states

Software AP mode allows the WLAN card to act as a virtual access point. The computer needs to be connected to a wired network using an Ethernet connection in order to provide network access to WLAN client.