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USB or PCI wireless
Name: picklecountry Date: December 30, 2004 at 12:34:34 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: athlon xp 2800+, 1 gig dd
Comment:
I've got a wireless network going in my house. Would I see a better ping with a PCI wireless card or would it be the same with a USB adapter?
Name: Bill McMinn Date: December 30, 2004 at 13:36:38 Pacific
Reply:
You're probably better off going with PCI because USB is a little more limited especially if you have a lot of devices hooked up using USB or if your computer is still running USB 1.1
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