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Which USB wireless-N adapter?

best practice to use the same chipset if not the same manufacturer as the router.

unless you like 65mbps on a good day 🙂
 
I'm going to try the Zonet adapter first since it is cheap. If that doesn't work or the results are really bad, then I will try the D-Link DWA-140 adapter.
 
Are there any decent USB wireless sticks out there? All the ones I've ever tried had terrible speed, range, and driver support.

For a desktop that needs wifi, the two best solutions I know of are 1) wifi with an antenna integrated into the chassis itself, or 2) an ethernet cable connected to a router running DD-WRT in client bridge mode. (The second method tends to be better - you can consolidate multiple devices onto a single wifi link.)
 
i think the problem is the current load from usb port may be limiting you.

a good one will have 3 antenna external to the usb stick if you can find one
 
I've got a hawking and an edimax with external antennas (only 1 antenna). They're great. G though, not N.
I just picked up a tiny buffalo adapter for $30 at microcenter for my netbook. Haven't tested it yet though. Based on the chipset I'm assuming it will be fine.
Hell, I've spent more than those two combined on an adapter just to play around with it. 😛
 
I got the Zonet N USB adapter, and the range is great. The speed shows up as 150Mbit in Windows Network and Sharing Center, and on the router web console, it shows as 162Mbit. Not bad, considering $22 for the thing. I have WPA2, and need to run N/G mode because there is one G laptop. I'm happy with it, still a bit faster than my Intel 4965AGN in Thinkpad (130Mbit), and for the price.
 
Nice outcome. 😀

However the numbers that are reported are taken from the Drivers tables and thus can be meaningless as far as the real Bandwidth is.

To find what is the functional transfer (Bandwidth) you need to actually transfer big file and look at the info in the Transfer Windows.

As an example this is a transfer of a wired Giga Network 72MB/sec. (B=Byte) is about 550Mb/sec. (b=bit).

If your reported Bandwidth is about 150Mb/sec. it has to show about 20MB/sec. in real transfer.
 
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