which wireless desktop adapter?

which wireless desktop adapter receives router signals the best? ive been trying to set up a server at the edge of my backyard to extend my uncles internet into my house but the signal aint so good. sometimes it would not respond for a few seconds.

was wondering which was the best wireless adapter that you guys haver used? one with a lot of range. im using this cheap one (10 dollar airlink) i got from frys and i think its the culprit.

If you need to get a signal really far away, you should invest in a USB directional wireless card. I suggest USB because that will let you aim the antenna directly at your router, and directional so that you get better reception (since it's aiming the signal at one point instead of all over the place).

I agree with the above post to get a directional antenna. But NOT USB. Most D-Link and Linksys cards have products available to attach an extended antenna or some similar product.

LoStMaTt said:

I agree with the above post to get a directional antenna. But NOT USB. Most D-Link and Linksys cards have products available to attach an extended antenna or some similar product.

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Why not USB? I've had great success with a USB directional wireless adapter.

i agree with the "Not USB" statement. USB wireless adapters are too finicky to be totally reliable. i work in the wifi field, and the majority of the problems with signal strength and other strange problems stems from people with USB adapters a lot of the time. people will be working fine for weeks (or even months) at a time, then all of a sudden, their connection goes to shit, and no amount of configuration seems to fix it. most times, it takes an uninstall/reinstall of the drivers, and in some cases i've seen, even a reformat/reinstall of windows, to fix the problem.

USB (and firewire for that matter) were not originally designed for networking computers together, they were designed with flexibility in mind, allowing fast connections to a wide variety of devices. this is good in that you can connect mice, keyboards, printers, cameras, etc. to these type of connections, but it's a "Jack of all trades" type scenario. USB is just "good" at lots of different things, but usually not "excellent", because it was not designed with one primary purpose in mind, the way a regular PCI NIC is. any way you look at it, PCI, PCMCIA, and even ISA is more mature & stable than USB is at this point in time.

some people have no problems whatsoever using USB NIC's, but i personally will stay far away from them until they have proven themselves as reliable as the old standby's.

You could get a card with MIMO technology. I have that on my laptop and I can go about 2 - 3 bocks away and still have somewhat of a connection. If you need anything further you might want to look else where.