Sam
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Do many people use wireless cards inside their desktop PCs these days?
The ones I've come across that have these cards don't seem to pick up a good signal unless the PC is on the desk as opposed to being on the floor/under the desk, or they are using some kind of extended aerial.
Just wondered what other people's thoughts/experiences were on these.
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Brett
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Yeah, mine's wireless, was a lot easier that way with the router location. I've got a N router and N card in my desktop and it's rapid, no complaints at all. Oh, my PC is also inside a shelving unit with a TV above it etc. and I stream from that PC to my xbox all done over the wireless. Nothing is wired in my house anymore.
[Edited on 25-08-2011 by Brett]
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Sam
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What make card/router is it mate?
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Brett
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I picked this card specifically because I could use it with commview to crack networks too  It's a cool card tho. If I remember right and this is totally off the top of my head, it's a D-link DWA-547. Looks like the one on google images with 3 aerials anyway. The N router is just what TalkTalk gave me. Connects at 300Mbps anyway.
Think they're £50+ in shops, but £25 buy now on ebay.
[Edited on 25-08-2011 by Brett]
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noshua
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Used to be the case with b/g - it's a completely different story now with n technology. n is brilliant, from my pc (wireless, furthest room from router on another level and tucked in a entertainment unit) to laptop (wired) and iirc it was transferring files at around 8-9MB/s.
With b/g that would be about 400KB/s
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John
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I'm using a deal extreme packet injection capable one just now because I've not ran a cable yet and it's been fine tbh, can't remember it cutting off, transfer rates aren't amazing though.
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