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From: Gary Baldi on 29 Dec 2009 00:56 On Dec 29, 3:33 am, "RnR" <rnrte...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought some time ago others told me that the usb wifi sticks don't > work well ???? I can't speak from any experience since I never used > one. I almost considered buying one till others said they didn't > work well. - Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I had a Dimension 8400 and used a BlueNEXT BN-WD54G which I got off of Fleabay for about a fiver (if memory serves). Worked really well.
From: Ben Myers on 29 Dec 2009 01:28 RnR wrote: > On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:23:34 -0500, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> > wrote: > >> species8350 wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am thinking of buying a wi-fi card for my PC (DELL Dimension). >>> Running Vista 32 bit >>> >>> D-Link DWL-G510 PCI Card looks good >>> >>> Anyone any experience. >>> >>> It has a low profile back plane, will it fit my case? >>> >>> Thanks >> Questions: >> >> Which model of Dell Dimension do you have? >> >> Is it a system with full-height slots for add-in cards or one with >> so-called low-profile slots? >> >> If the latter, an USB wifi stick is probably your best choice. I am >> partial to Linksys, but there are other good ones, too. I am unaware of >> the existence of any low-profile PCI wifi cards. The DWL-G510 looks >> like a full-height PCI card... Ben Myers > > > I thought some time ago others told me that the usb wifi sticks don't > work well ???? I can't speak from any experience since I never used > one. I almost considered buying one till others said they didn't > work well. I much prefer internal PCI wifi cards. But with the low-profile PCI slots, USB wifi is the only game in town. I have never seen a low-profile PCI wifi card. There just are not that many systems with low-profile slots for a card manufacturer to make one. Of the computers with low-profile PCI slots, I would guess that the large majority of them are attached to the world with Cat 5 cables, not wifi. It's only when a low-profile system sneaks out of corporate America into the hands of a consumer that the need for a wifi card might exist. Of course, you could cut, twist, bend and shape another slot adapter to use a PCI wifi card in a low-profile slot. That's too much work for me... Ben Myers
From: RnR on 29 Dec 2009 09:24 On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:28:22 -0500, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> wrote: >RnR wrote: >> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:23:34 -0500, Ben Myers <ben_myers(a)charter.net> >> wrote: >> >>> species8350 wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am thinking of buying a wi-fi card for my PC (DELL Dimension). >>>> Running Vista 32 bit >>>> >>>> D-Link DWL-G510 PCI Card looks good >>>> >>>> Anyone any experience. >>>> >>>> It has a low profile back plane, will it fit my case? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>> Questions: >>> >>> Which model of Dell Dimension do you have? >>> >>> Is it a system with full-height slots for add-in cards or one with >>> so-called low-profile slots? >>> >>> If the latter, an USB wifi stick is probably your best choice. I am >>> partial to Linksys, but there are other good ones, too. I am unaware of >>> the existence of any low-profile PCI wifi cards. The DWL-G510 looks >>> like a full-height PCI card... Ben Myers >> >> >> I thought some time ago others told me that the usb wifi sticks don't >> work well ???? I can't speak from any experience since I never used >> one. I almost considered buying one till others said they didn't >> work well. > >I much prefer internal PCI wifi cards. > >But with the low-profile PCI slots, USB wifi is the only game in town. >I have never seen a low-profile PCI wifi card. There just are not that >many systems with low-profile slots for a card manufacturer to make one. > Of the computers with low-profile PCI slots, I would guess that the >large majority of them are attached to the world with Cat 5 cables, not >wifi. It's only when a low-profile system sneaks out of corporate >America into the hands of a consumer that the need for a wifi card might >exist. Of course, you could cut, twist, bend and shape another slot >adapter to use a PCI wifi card in a low-profile slot. That's too much >work for me... Ben Myers I gotcha Ben. Thanks.
From: RnR on 29 Dec 2009 09:25 On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:56:27 -0800 (PST), Gary Baldi <tim.richards(a)gmx.com> wrote: >On Dec 29, 3:33�am, "RnR" <rnrte...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I thought some time ago others told me that the usb wifi sticks don't >> work well ???? � �I can't speak from any experience since I never used >> one. � I almost considered buying one till others said they didn't >> work well. �- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > >I had a Dimension 8400 and used a BlueNEXT BN-WD54G which I got off of >Fleabay for about a fiver (if memory serves). > >Worked really well. Thanks Gary. Good to know in case.
From: Tom Lake on 29 Dec 2009 11:09 "species8350" <not_here.5.species8350(a)xoxy.net> wrote in message news:c6626d38-5636-46cc-a885-31fef2508d8a(a)m38g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > I am thinking of buying a wi-fi card for my PC (DELL Dimension). > Running Vista 32 bit > > D-Link DWL-G510 PCI Card looks good > > Anyone any experience. I've never had a good experience with D-Link. I had one of their wireless routers and it was replaced three times under warranty. I finally switched to Linksys and have had no problems. Likewise I had some of their internal wireless cards and they had problems holding a signal. I replaced those with Linksys as well and again, the problems went away. Tom Lake
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