[ale] USB wifi recommendation

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Wed, 2013-07-24 at 19:39 -0400, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> I built a Mint 13 machine (based on Ubuntu 12.04) recently. The guys
> at micro center recommended the asus usb-n10 wireless-n150 adapter.
> It's been working fine on wifi G. I haven't tried it on wifi N. I
> haven't tried the one you mentioned.

Is it both 2.4GHz and 5GHz?  There are a lot of the adapters out there
that claim to be "N" but only on 2.4GHz.  Particularly the smaller,
cheaper, devices.  Even the Nexus 7 table is that way.  No support for
the 5GHz band but still claims to support N.

> Sincerely,

> Ron

Regards,
Mike

> Edward Holcroft <eholcroft at mkainc.com> wrote:
> 
> >I am looking for a recommendation for a USB wifi dongle for my Ubuntu
> >13.04
> >desktop machine.
> >
> > Someone suggested this:
> >
> >BUFFALO AirStation N300 Wireless USB Adapter - WLI-UC-G300N
> >
> >http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000XQHWGG
> >
> >I've been very happy with my Buffalo wifi router. Has anyone used this
> >dongle? Or know of problems with it? Or have a better idea?
> >
> >cheers
> >ed
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