What wireless device should I buy?

I'm getting a new desktop and I need a wireless device. I connect to a WPA-encrypted 802.11g network.
Please don't point me to a wiki or some other site. I just need someone to post here that they bought *blank* wireless device and use WPA and it works perfectly.
I don't care if it's USB or PCI or Witch-Craft interface. I cannot stand the frustration of wireless internet in Linux. I want a card that will work with just the Arch 2008 core iso. If you withhold any information, you are a bad, bad person.
Thank you!

As for me, you should use ASUS or NETGEAR cards.
I have no problems with them.
If there any problems with drivers installation you can use NDISWRAPER
But don't use D-LINK 'cause original schematic of impulse power suply is "unstable" and it can burn out
your card or AP. This caused by using btm-like components which are unstable on higher frequencies. (higher than 2 ghz and we have 2.4 ghz) And TP-link cards is "Chinese modified" D_LINK and it is more stable.
I think that the best way to power up your linux with wireless device is to use Atheros or Prism chipsets.
If you want "much powerfull" connection you should use Orinoco Gold card. This thing will blow up all the chanells.
There are nice Planet cards and AP's supported by wireless-ng. Why Planet?
Planet ARM's (CPU's) on AP's are about 166-233 mhz, but there are a lot of stuff on them.
And they've got much power - about 850 mW
As for me, if you don't whant to play with drivers you should use AP's.
Greatest AP that I've ever seen is Senao Deluxe. This series of AP's is about 1W of power!!! But there are some problems with their inner stuff.

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Since I am having trouble with my old router trying to hook up to my cable modem (see my other post), I will need to get a new one.
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-- Mike

You will need to tell us a little more info:
1) what type of wireless adapters do you currently have in your laptops? wireless b, g, or n?
2) how will the wireless computers be used? mainly web surfing? gaming? frequently transfering large files, such as video files?
3) How big is house? how many floors? where will wireless router be located ? (ideally, if only one router is used, it would be centrally located on a middle or upper floor).
4) What internet connection speed do you have now (or plan to get in the near future)?
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I'd like to project what's on my Mac Mini with Samsung monitor to my standard definition Samsung TV via WIFI. What HDM1 dongle should I buy?

I'd like to project what's on my Mac Mini (with Samsung monitor) to my Samsung TV (standard definition) via my WIFI. What HDM1 dongle should I buy?

lyndafromorwell wrote:
I'd like to project what's on my Mac Mini (with Samsung monitor) to my Samsung TV (standard definition) via my WIFI. What HDM1 dongle should I buy?
You can in fact buy what you want, no need to go with Apple TV
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Which NI devices should I buy and how to start with?

Greetings!
I am an undergraduate who is trying to design a control system which can measure chemical solution conductivity as well as PH value; besides, based on those values, we need to control 4 valves to open and close so that acid, base, water,and salt from 4 tanks can flow into the main pipe.
Question: Which NI device should I buy and start with? The devices have to have at least 4 input/output, do you have any suggestion, Thank you very much!!
I am also new to LabVIEW, so any extra suggestion would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you , we are considering purchasing NI USB-6008
http://www.ni.com/products/usb-6008/
Doest it work with the following PH sensor, one specification says that it has output voltage of Output 0-5 vdc, does NI USB-6008 accept it?
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Warning
Do not short the power connections. Wrong wiring of the signal and power wires will result in
permanent damage to the unit instantly.
Specs:
Range 0-14pH
Power: 12vdc 500ma nominal
Output 0-5 vdc
Material ABS
Calibration trim pots
Distance up to 50ft
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I do not have a windows OS of any kind installed on my mac. I would like to get windows 8 for my mac from amazon.co.uk .
Windows 8 Pro, Upgrade Edition [Upgrade from Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7] (PC)- this is the main one that pops up but its an upgrade??
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http://www.jr.com/microsoft/pe/MSI_8PR64B1PK/
http://www.softwareking.com/WIN8.html?gclid=CNTc4t7nprMCFQ2znQod0nQA6Q
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416552&Tpk=32-416-552
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What size Iphone should I buy? I have a relatively small music library. I anticipate takeing a lot of pictures and videos but assume those would ultimately get stored elsewhere (upload to the cloud)? I would probably watch movies/videos on my ipad and would not store alot of documents on it? What am I forgeting?
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Velo

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What firewire cable should I buy?

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There are two types of cables - FW800 and FW400. However, your MacBook does not support FW800 so all you need is the standard FW400 cable. It has six (6) pins.

What Backup drive should I buy

I am looking to purchase a backup drive. The size 2GB, I am considering the Apple wireless drive but should I look at any other manufacturer?
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mel

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I have an HP Pavilion elite e9220y home premium.
prod # NY553AA
windows 7; 64 bit
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Before you try to replace the CPU fan, you really need to determine the source. You can turn off the computer. Then you can open the case, and lay the cabinet on its side. That will give you an open area to look down into.
1) Visually inspect. Clean any dust globs on the blades. Using a can of compress air (never shake the can), blow away the dust bunnies.
2) You said you'd go to a shop to replace the fan if needed.
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Im not sure on what apple device i should get: iPhone 5, iPhone 4, iPod 4th gen, iPod 5th gen.
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What type of wireless card should I buy?

Does anyone have suggestions on what type of wlan card I should buy for my MSI K8T Neo FSR Board? I currently have a D-Link DWL-G520, and it crashes the system, so I need something new. Thanks!

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I always seem to have problems with internal PCI cards from D-Link Netgear Linksys (the list goes on), but I have never ran into a problem with external cards. I currently use a linksys and my friend uses a D-Link. One benefit of going external is, obviously you can move it from computer to computer without a problem, also if you are getting a bad signal you can move it to a different spot. I have always felt that having a card in the back of your computer with all the electrical interference caused by the computer is something I don't want to deal with.
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Jeremy
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USB adapters can sometimes freeze up. I've had this problem with a Belkin 802.11b, and Motorola 802.11g adapters. I still think they are great because you can move the adapter around, and far from the PC, but PCI cards would be the most stable.
I think the ideal situation is a a/b/g PCMCIA card with a desktop pci adapter, so you can remove it for use with a laptop too. Also get a decent external antenna, and you'll want for nothing.
At least until 802.11n comes along....

Which wireless router should I buy?

After many hassles trying to get my 3 yr old speedtouch router to work reliably with my Macs I've decided it's time for an upgrade. Can I please get your wireless router recommendations for hassle free surfing on a Mac
Many thanks
David

When you want some router advice you need to be more specific.
A router does not include a DSL modem. So if your needing a box to replace a speedtouch then you need an ADSL router.
An ADSL router is a dsl modem and router combined.
You also don't specify who your isp is or what country your in.. This has some implications as if your in the UK for example some isp's use Annex M, ADSL2+ etc. Not all ADSL routers support these protocols and in the UK we use PPPoA IPoA and PPPoE. In other parts of the world only PPPoE is used.
So if you want an example of an all round box that works with 99% of the protocols it is the netgear DG834GT. However netgear now have a wireless N compatible router however I have not had any reports whether this box will work with apples wireless N. However in theory it should.
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What cisco device should i acquire

My requierments are fairly simple:
Good security (UTM ? )
6 different branches should be tunneled
Mobile client vpn
up to 30 users at each branch
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Hi Ro Land,
1) To the best of my knowledge, this device is not expandable.
2) The device has 4 configurable ports, but at any time you can only configure up to 2 ports as WAN.
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What wireless NIC should I Deploy?!?

I know this is going to be somewhat biased, but I have the unique opportunity to choose a wireless NIC for our company.
It's like this... We have been rolling out many different types of laptops from Dell over the last couple of years and each one has a different built in wireless NIC. We have not had good success from Intel for obvious reasons, we have had great success from external Cisco cards, and good success from Atheros internal chipsets.
What I want to know is what are you using and what works the best. We want to pick one and move forward with only one type of card in the future for all of our laptops.
Thanks in advance for your input.

I think your right. It's so hard to get and stay with one model just because Dell may decide to do away with the model we have 500 of. Then we choose another model and the wireless NIC is a different model. Now we have two NIC's to learn to manage, find updates for, configure, troubleshoot, etc.
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I know Cisco has a client that will allow the profile to work across multiple logins, is there anything else out there that doesn't cost to deploy?
I knew a guy that said he knew how to get the Intel clients to do it, but I can't get in touch with him.

Which Nokia Device should I buy ?

Dear Friends,
My interest is watching movies and so I want to
use the device as a DVD player. This means I download
the movie direct to my device or to my pc and then to
my device and then connect the device to the TV and
watch the movie. In fact I have seen a friend who
connected his N95 8g by cable to the the TV and played
Spiderman 111 and the picture was terrific. But the
thing which I did not like about N95 8G is that it
has no external memory card.
Therefore friends can you tell me which is the right
Nokia device for me. Is N 82 the right choice?
The connection to the TV must be by cable like the
cable used by N95 8g not wireless as I will never be
able to connect my device wirelessly to the TV. You
see I am not good at these things.
Thank you in advance for your kind response.
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Message Edited by michaels on 03-Feb-2008 06:10 PM

03-Feb-2008 03:40 PM
akwarious wrote:
By the way is the screen of N 82 same as N95 8G?
The N82 has the video output for a television with the cable and so does the N95 8GB, but if you want to watch videos - the N95 8GB is better because of the massive screen.
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