WiFi has many different speed category and frequency band. So, check carefully about the driver compatibility before buying any product. Many time you've to build the linux driver yourself for the particular WiFi adapter. In most cases, the manufacturer provide a working driver for Windows and mac OS. You might face driver issue with many newer WiFi cards.
OS and driver compatibilityĪnother big issue related with any WiFi adapter. The easiest option left is to use the USB adapters.
There's another advantage, you can't easily add another WiFi card to the modern laptops. As the WiFi chipsets are not of that great quality.Īlso there's a speed limitation due to USB protocol and length of USB cable.ĭue to their relatively smaller size, most USB WiFi adapter have a crappy antenna.
In most cases they're just plug and play.īut generally they lack the performance compared to PCIe cards. USB cards - On the other hand, USB WiFi dongles are much easier to remove and use on another PC.
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