From: noone@invalid.invalid.com   
      
   UnsteadyKen wrote:   
      
   > In article , noone@invalid.invalid.com   
   > says...   
   > > 1.  buy something to boost the signal from the router to the pc   
   > >   
   > Do you have the adaptor plugged directly into a port on the computer?   
   > If so, then try connecting it in using a USB extension cable of   
   > suitable length.  This will allow you to get the adaptor out of any   
   > radio shadow caused by the PC or any equipment near it and place it   
   > in a position to get the best signal from the router, which can be   
   > found by trial and error.   
   > It may not improve things much, but it costs little and is worth a   
   > try.   
      
   It's plugged into the USB port on the front of the pc.  I had cleared a   
   space and put it on a table next to where the TV sits; no accurate   
   measurements here, but the distance between the TV and pc is about 1   
   foot away.  When I first plugged in the USB adapter, I put it on the   
   rear, but realized quickly that the rear was a lousy place to put it.   
      
   The adapter is from Edimax.  It is a very small dongle that fits into   
   the USB port.  IIRC, Edimax describes it as "nano" technology.   
      
   The reason I chose it was because the first one I had (one from   
   Rosewill) quickly became too complicated to get to work under   
   Linux/Ubuntu. I bought it because I found users who said they got it   
   working in Ubuntu 16.04.  However, When I searched for how other people   
   got theirs' working, it was bewildering.  By the time I threw in the   
   towel, I found perhaps six or seven fixes.  Each one was different and   
   had at times contradictory instructions and required serious attention   
   to editing config files and re-compiling source code with no guarantee   
   that it would work.  I want'to get back into 'toying' with programming,   
   but I wasn't ready to do that straight out of the chute.  I did make   
   sure that it worked by plugging it into a Windows laptop I have.   
      
   That experience (getting it to work under Ubuntu) was too frustrating,   
   So I bought the Edimax adapter because their ad literature and users   
   both said it would work with linux.  It does.  I plugged it in and   
   Ubuntu immediately recognized it as part of the hardware.  If it turns   
   out that I buy a wi-fi adapter for the pc, I will definitely make sure   
   it works with linux :-)   
      
   John   
      
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