On 2007/11/22 22:32, Erik Wikstrvm wrote: > Since the wireless card in my current router has stopped working I'm > taking the opportunity to make a major upgrade. Unfortunately the > computer I'm replacing it with only have one PCI-slot which I'll need > for the wired network. So I will need to use an USB adapter for the > wireless network and was wondering what people would recommend. I'm > hoping to be able to connect the computer in the garage so one with good > signal strength but not a directed one would be the best.
I don't think any of the USB wireless adapters support automatic transmit speed control for hostap, and antenna connection is always a problem if you want a good signal. I don't think the USB options are a particularly good choice for a full-time AP. Possibly controversial but I think it might work better with the wired ethernet on USB (url worked well for me, the aue I have wasn't so good), wireless on PCI (I had best success with wi and acx for hostap).