Thanks for the replies. I do carry a 15 foot Ethernet cable with me and
have had occasion to use it twice. I didn't think about ordinary high
gain USB adapters.
Chuck Norcutt
Nathan wrote:
> The Linksys adapters mentioned by Moose work great. I have an older
> model, because my home office is quite far from the access point in
> the living room. It makes a big difference. I have never needed to
> travel with it, but it is certainly small and portable enough.
>
> Many of the hotels I have stayed in recently have had an Ethernet
> port in the room instead of wifi. It works great and is faster, of
> course. I now carry a short cable with me when travelling, just in case.
>
> Nathan
>
> On 27-mei-2008, at 7:41, Moose wrote:
>
>>
>> There are a number of USB WiFi adapters, some of which have antenna or
>> antenna-like designs that you can move and direct. Here's another.
>> <http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-
>> details.asp?EdpNo=2659052&CatId=2688>
>>
>>
>> Come to think of it, I have a ZyXel version sttting in a box, waiting
>> for the old desktop to be set up in another room. Maybe I'll try it
>> out
>> with the laptop to see if it works farther away than the built-in
>> antenna.
>>
>> Moose
>>
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