[TriLUG] desktop wireless NIC

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Jeremy Portzer wrote:

>
>>I lean the other way.  The reason is that my pc is under the desk and 
>>there are couple thousands cables behind there.  I figure that I can 
>>move the antenna around with the usb adaptor to get better reception 
>>if I need to.
>
>
>Many PCI wireless cards come with an external antenna and some length of
>lead wire -- the cheapest ones don't, so always check for that.
>

The linksys one does not have a cable for the antenna.  Even so, you are running
the wire through some noisy areas.   It is powered by the usb as you
pointed out -- no wall wart.