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vegasphil · 10-03-2005, 10:57 PM

Thanks so much for the post - very helpful indeed.

I actually bought the Pre N router from Belkin a week ago because I am getting ready to live in this hotel for a month + as I mentioned and of course was assuming their 'high speed internet' would be a wired connection, and I wanted to make sure I could also use my Aple G4 Powerbook of the same signal so a router would be needed.

Then 2 days ago I find out that the internet in the hotel is wireless so now I need a wireless card for my new PC Desktop.

So I guess as I already have the router and will use that as and when I move on to a wired connection again, I may as well get the card that goes with it.

In general do the PCI cards perform better than the USB cards?

And if it does turn out to be a less than great signal, would I be able to use one of these with the Belkin card to make the best from whatever I can get?:

http://www.cantenna.com/

Are these any good, or is there a better priduct out there.

Like I said money is no object as I simply have to have a good connection for work.

Anyway let me know what you think.

Bye the way I am assuming that the Belkiin stuff also works well with Mac?

10-03-2005, 10:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
vegasphil Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 7	Thanks so much for the post - very helpful indeed. I actually bought the Pre N router from Belkin a week ago because I am getting ready to live in this hotel for a month + as I mentioned and of course was assuming their 'high speed internet' would be a wired connection, and I wanted to make sure I could also use my Aple G4 Powerbook of the same signal so a router would be needed. Then 2 days ago I find out that the internet in the hotel is wireless so now I need a wireless card for my new PC Desktop. So I guess as I already have the router and will use that as and when I move on to a wired connection again, I may as well get the card that goes with it. In general do the PCI cards perform better than the USB cards? And if it does turn out to be a less than great signal, would I be able to use one of these with the Belkin card to make the best from whatever I can get?: http://www.cantenna.com/ Are these any good, or is there a better priduct out there. Like I said money is no object as I simply have to have a good connection for work. Anyway let me know what you think. Bye the way I am assuming that the Belkiin stuff also works well with Mac?