My long range WiFi adapter works better than most.
by The Uni-Hacker on Nov.12, 2008, under Misc
Recently I have been on a deployment for the US Army, heading to Iraq. Instead of using my internal wireless card I’ve been using a Hawkings USB wifi adapter, the one with the removable antenna. So far I have been able to get Internet where no one else could. I can see 10 wifi spots where the rest of my guys can only see a couple. Basically I run a USB extension cable outside my window with the Hawkings cards attached to it.
So, Hawkings seems to be a pretty good brand of wifi network adapters. I just wanted to pass that along.
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November 18th, 2008 on 6:32 am
Hi,
This seems like a great product. What OS you running in under, I have a Linux system (Fedora 9) and I could not find it under the HCL. Just wondering if you are or have used it on a Linux system. Its hard to come across a fully support USB NIC stick on a Linux Machine.
Joel
November 18th, 2008 on 12:40 pm
Joel,
The good news, this card works out of the box with Ubuntu. I haven’t had any problems using it with Ubuntu 8.04.
Now, if you want a USB card that supports monitoring mode, try a Belkin USB Wireless G network adapter.