Wifi Help!

[pcari]

Could someone help me with connecting my pc to wifi. Should I get a wifi card or adapter? What is a good wifi card/adapter that is well priced?

I would like to hear everyone's input, please reply to my post!

[Arty]

Could someone help me with connecting my pc to wifi. Should I get a wifi card or adapter? What is a good wifi card/adapter that is well priced?

I would like to hear everyone's input, please reply to my post!

Get a PCI-E one

 

USB ones tend to "overheat "

[skywake]

Could someone help me with connecting my pc to wifi. Should I get a wifi card or adapter? What is a good wifi card/adapter that is well priced?

I would like to hear everyone's input, please reply to my post!

USB adapters are just as good at the low end. They also have the advantage of being able to be moved between devices if the need should arise. A USB adapter can be used on a MITX build, a desktop build, a laptop or wherever. If you get a PCIe adapter you can only use it in desktop PCs that have a spare PCIe slot.

 

Also while I doubt that PCIe will change anytime soon it's worth considering this. Back in the day I got a few PCI wireless cards. At this point they're too slow to be of any use but ontop of that they're PCI so aren't particularly useful anyway. I actually don't have any machines that I could natively plug them into. A USB adapter? Well that's both forwards and backwards compatible with just about everything.

[techguru]

Could someone help me with connecting my pc to wifi. Should I get a wifi card or adapter? What is a good wifi card/adapter that is well priced?

I would like to hear everyone's input, please reply to my post!

none

use a powerline adapter

[InVis]

Get a PCI-E one

 

USB ones tend to "overheat "

 

Agreed.

If wifi is your only option - which router / ap do you have so that we dont recommend something that is either under-powered or overkill?

[Arty]

Agreed.

If wifi is your only option - which router / ap do you have so that we dont recommend something that is either under-powered or overkill?

WIFI is never the only option

POWERLINE!

[InVis]

WIFI is never the only option

POWERLINE!

 

Maybe he does not have any power sockets to plug it into - maybe he only use battery powered devices and charges them at work

 

-or maybe the router is on another circuit group or does not have room for another Ethernet cable  

[Arty]

Maybe he does not have any power sockets to plug it into - maybe he only use battery powered devices and charges them at work

 

-or maybe the router is on another circuit group or does not have room for another Ethernet cable

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[Griffscavern]

Powerline adapters do work across circuit breakers that are on the same main switch. They also work across multi-phases as well.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/basics/lanwan-basics/31585-smallnetbuilders-powerline-faq

[thedarkdad3]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704045&cm_re=usb_wireless-_-33-704-045-_-Product

 

that should cover you.

[pcari]

Agreed.

If wifi is your only option - which router / ap do you have so that we dont recommend something that is either under-powered or overkill?

exactly