[NBLUG/talk] 802.11 USB adapters

[Robert Brown]

Cameron Tully-Smith wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking to connect an older (USB 1.1, Athlon-based) PC to my home 
> WLAN via a USB wireless adapter.  Any recommendations for an adapter 
> that is currently for sale/commonplace (and, of course, cheap) and 
> works well with SuSE, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc. (and ideally also with 
> Windows in case it's needed)? 
>  
> I'd ideally like it to support at least 802.11g (the current network 
> is 802.11g, so it would need to work well on an 802.11g network).
I just bought one of these of the shelf USB Wireless Stick 
<http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8454638&productCategoryId=abcat0503007&type=product&tab=1&id=1184369369644#productdetail> 
at best buy.  It worked out of the box on my Fedora 8 install, and has 
the bonus of a removable antennae so I built a home made antenna to go 
with it. <www.seattlewireless.net/CookieCantenna>
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