PCI or PCM? that is the question

**aBs0lut30** · 12-17-2004, 10:20 AM

Just wondering what you guys are having better luck with? PCMCIA WIFI cards, or PCI cards? am planing on putting a 7db gain antenna on top of the car so i can get REALLY good signal

Conventional wisdom would say use a PCI card, but maybe there are some better PCM ones?

What do ya think?

Also, off topic, anybody know of a 3 slot PCI riser? i havent seen any

Thanks

**Change** · 12-17-2004, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by aBs0lut30

Just wondering what you guys are having better luck with? PCMCIA WIFI cards, or PCI cards? am planing on putting a 7db gain antenna on top of the car so i can get REALLY good signal

With 802.11 stuff, you want the feedline from the device to the antenna to be as short as possible, otherwise you get lots of loss. Personally, I think your best bet would be a USB device placed very close to the antenna, at least for best performance.

Originally Posted by aBs0lut30

Also, off topic, anybody know of a 3 slot PCI riser? i havent seen any

If you're talking about such a riser for the VIA Mini-ITX boards, it's because they don't support a 3-slot riser. The few 3-slot risers I've seen in low-profile rackmount boxes have the riser inserted into a PCI slot, and then a little daughterboard connected via ribbon cable plugged into a second PCI slot.