Thread: Garage WiFi

If your router is located such that its right above your car, you may get bad reception if both antennas (router and carpc) are both vertically polarized (vertical antenna). Most router antennas radiate strongly perpendicular to the antenna length and most weakly in the direction parallel to the antenna length. My coffee table in the living room is right below my wireless router and depending on where I put my laptop on the table, sometimes speeds can drop down to 1Mbps! So if you do infact get bad reception, you can try relocating the router, or angle the antenna of the router slightly /. For best overall reception in the car (eg. to pick up starbucks wifi), then the antenna on your carpc should be vertical, and not angled.

Ive had a chinese brand USB dongle give me problems with hibernation, but if you get a brand name (like dlink), then I dont see why you would have any problems. Thats not to say you are guaranteed to not have problems with PCI either. You can go with either, but I like USB better because its conveniant to be able to plug and unplug it. Its your personal preference.