[TriLUG] Wireless: PCMCIA or USB

[Steve Litt]

On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:43:19 -0400
Grawburg <grawburg at myglnc.com> wrote:

> This is likely more a question of personal preference than a
> technical one....
> 
> Given the choice between using a PCMCIA wireless device or a USB
> device (laptop, of course), any thoughts either way?  I am using a
> Cisco Aironet but it's just a 'b' and I do like not tying up a USB
> port (only have 2 and don't want to carry around a hub) so I keep
> using it.  Haven't gone out looking for faster PCMCIA cards, but
> thought I'd query the group first.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian Grawburg

My impression was that USB stuff is more likely to be Linux compatible
than PCMCIA. Also, do they even make PCMCIA stuff any more?

Thanks,

SteveT

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