On Thu, 2016-02-18 at 14:00 -0500, doug wrote: > I looked at the first url shown above, and I see two usb adapters > smaller than a matchbook, and one with an antenna. Recently I had to > spend some time in a rehab center, and I did not have a Linux driver > for > my old Dell laptop, so I bought something like one of those > small adapters. _Do not!_ As I should have known (being a retired > RF > engineer) they have no range! The gadget with the antenna may > work. (I was trying to hit a "hot spot" external to the facility. I > finally found a driver--not easy!--using Windows-- which allowed the > internal > wifi system to work.) OTOH, if you're only trying to connect across > a > room, the little matchbook size gadget will probably be OK. I very much agree, I always buy the ones that can take a large external antenna. With one of those I have no problem getting reception in the basement, with the router two floors up. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5
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