I've been forced into a situation where I have to use wi-fi internet on my desktop computer. How do I go about this? Can I just use a dongle or should I buy a dedicated network card?
I've been forced into a situation where I have to use wi-fi internet on my desktop computer. How do I go about this...
Isaiah Peterson
Robert Ward
Depends on how temporary the situation is
Nathan Johnson
You have an x1 slot, so you might as well use it.
Samuel James
Im just waiting for the install gentoo meme to pop up
Parker Young
it's basically permanent. It's not like my internet is very good so I'm hardly missing out on the BLISTERING SPEEDS an ethernet cable can provide. pic related.
Brayden Edwards
External always
If you can get one with extencion better because you would need move the adapter to get more signal
Dylan Thompson
Install Gentoo
Also
Caleb Watson
Buy a dongle, always.
Dominic Bailey
What kind of motherboard do you got? By size and how much it will fit by the PCI slots I mean. If you have a PCI-E x1 slot left empty all the time, use it for the wi-fi.
Robert Diaz
No don't.
PCI-e wireless is terrible not to mention hardware to move if the reception is poor.
OP, DO NOT buy an internal wireless card, you'll regret it.
Justin Sanders
It doesn't matter. The chips are all the same be it pcie or usb. USB will likely be better because you can position the device to get better signal if needed.
Isaiah Torres
Thanks. Consensus seems to be 'dongles' are more practical.
Nicholas Turner
Odd, mine is working fine 24/7. Though it uses the PCI-e x16 instead.
Owen Scott
2/10, here's your (you)
Jacob Harris
Thnks bb
Camden Flores
Does the dongle in OP work with Debian 9 (with appropriate firmware blob ofc)?
Caleb Walker
Get a USB one with a cable. You do not lose signal over USB cables, and the long cable allows you to position it where it gets best reception. If you want your freedom respected, get Atheros. They are the only ones who have both a FOSS driver and firmware
William Nguyen
Enjoy buying a loose chink usb with an antenna instead of one that fit stuck like a canine dong.
Noah Perry
Luis Miller
Asperger Chipset.
Jordan Campbell
OP, what type of network are you connecting to?
How far away are you from the AP and how many walls are there between you and the AP (and what are they made of!)
Joshua Cooper
enjoy your botnet
Mason Fisher
dont use WPS or enjoy your MITM attacks
Luke Thompson
get alfa and install kali
Jack Powell
install pentoo
Parker Jones
Dongle. The only reason to go with internal if you're building a hackintosh and you want to use an adapter to get an original Apple wifi card working.
Chase Long
broadband network. 2 brick walls but we have a wifi booster between those 2 walls.
Hunter Diaz
Always internal
The usb ones are ALL dogshit and you will get 1/4 your speed at best
Get a nice internal one and a nice AP and you can get 90% of your internet speed just fine
Cameron Robinson
I would just buy a router and install ddwrt on it and use that as my wireless adapter
Benjamin Hughes
i have heard that the newer verswions use realtek chips. :(
Ryder Cook
lame. i wish it would be easier to find out what youre geting
Elijah Young
Get this OP
newegg.com
atheros chipset
Levi Martin
I use an ethernet bridge. You configure it with the wifi details, power it with USB, then connect it to your desktop with a short ethernet cord. It never disconnects and is treated the same as any other ethernet connection by every OS, so there's no driver bullshit.
William Nelson
>tfw ethernet bridges cost $100
Jack Campbell
Mine sure didn't. It's a tplink 703n with mr3020 firmware flashed. I don't remember what I paid for it but it was cheap.
Justin Kelly
Why can't you just run a cable through the wall or under the carpet? Why are you being "forced" to use wifi?
Jace Sullivan
could you possibly use powerline? It's really reliable and it also just werks.
Asher Ward
My experience has been that dongle drivers are shit and internet cuts out frequently, and USB is not as fast as PCIE for data transfer
Never had any issues with PCIE cards.
Not sure why people are against wifi cards so much here.
Jayden Allen
implying an antenna can't be used? fuck off autist.
John Sanders
long antenna cables degrade performance
thanks for that anecdote
Anthony Morales
Whats the advantage of using this over a USB one?
Hudson Sanchez
>not going to goodwill and getting a $5 router and $0.99 patch cable and flashing it for bridge function
knows what's up
Nolan Gonzalez
thats what i do for my printer!
Xavier Torres
who the fuck would use a long antenna? they don't gain strength from length you turbo autist.
Brandon Moore
get a cheap pci-e card. even a single antenna unit is fine for
Mason Torres
Nice ping though
Wyatt Bailey
Buy a bridge.
Asher Sullivan
The whole thread is anecdotal, I fail to see your point.
Gavin Bennett
Stay away from TP-Link. I had two and they were both garbage. Get one of those powerlines.