Wireless PCI Card w/Attenna or USB Wireless Adapter?

[Ultralight]

My mom purchased a new system and needs to connect wireless; the wireless router is already set-up and ready to go. Her old PC had a PCI card with Ready Boost + Attenna.

I live too far away to help her put in one of these cards and so I was wondering if those USB Wireless Adapters would work fine (they look like a flash drive).

Her system won't be more than 20-30 feet away (with a door/block wall seperating the PC from the router; no issues with signal on the old PC). How is the quality/signal strength with the USB ones?


I was thinking of Netgear.


Thanks.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

This works great. I would wait for it to go back in stock and snag it. I got in on a Zonet adapter for 88 cents after MIR for my gf and that works great for her even one floor down. It was on e-wiz.. But I know the deal is dead now.

 

[gorobei]

i generally get usb adapters because they are easily swappable to different machines and m/b compatibility issues seem less common.

FRY'S usually has airlink101 usb 802g units for $9 every other week or so. I bought a couple of them and they work better than a dlink unit i have.