Low cost (really low cost) USB WiFi 50Mbps b/g adapter

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Needed a spare WiFi USB adapter for around the house when working on whomevers computer ends up at the house that doesn’t already have WiFi, primarily desktops…

On Amazon, I picked up an inexpensive generic WiFi 54Mbps 802.11G/B USB adapter

Was inexpensive at $8.85, Really… and easy to install. Supports Linux, WinXP, Win7 (32/64).

I’m getting 20Mbps off my 4G Hotspot with it with it connected to just about anything I connect it to.

At that price and as good as it works, I am going to pickup a few more as I never seem to have enough of these.

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Nice find :slight_smile: Looks like you can connect a different antenna, is that correct?

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It’s got a standard WiFi antenna connector, so yes though I had not thought of doing that.

My wife has a desktop with a WiFi adapter so she can move it on a whim where ever she wants it without having to rerun cables over and over again. It moves a lot more often than you would think…

She was getting peeved when I took the adapter to work on another computer as it was interfering with her Facebook/Farmville play… Her adapter was a nice one, cost like $30 or so, the other $8.85 one works just as well and uses the same family of drivers.

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Using it with an external (gain) antenna could be interesting for RV’ing :slight_smile:

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You could buy a couple dozen and supplement your on income on the road…

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LMAO…

-Bob

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Cute :lol:

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I kind of like this one Amazon.com (except for the price).

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Not to sure about that… Looks a lot like a rail gun… you might scare the locals with that.

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Dam Amazon, wont ship them to New Zealand

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Looks like the same thing on ebay, shipped from China http://cgi.ebay.com/300Mbps-Wireless-USB-Adapter-Wifi-802-11n-g-b-LAN-Card-/180647592844?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0f6f838c