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Re: Small USB wifi adapter

by Alan Corey-5 :: Rate this Message:

> Hello,
>
> My laptop's integrated wifi adapter is not supported by OpenBSD.
>
> Can anybody suggest a USB adapter that doesn't stick out of the port very
> far?
>
> Ideally I'd like one that protrudes less than a centimeter. There are
> several on amazon but technical details are scarce.
>
> Many thanks,
> Laurence
>
>

Is thwe laptop's internal one really integrated or a mini-pci inside?
Those are easy enough to change. I don't know anything about the others,
but that doesn't sound like much room for the antenna so the range may not
be great. Even a quarter wavelength at 2.4 GHz is still 1.17 inches.
Anything smaller and the radiation efficiency goes down.

Alan

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