In industrial environment where many desktops are required to connect to the network wirelessly, installing the wireless PCI network adapter is preference instead of wireless USB adapter, why? Because installing PCI adapter is more secure and is inserted inside of the computer case. Wireless USB adapter is typically easier to install than PCI because you don’t need to open the computer case, just insert into the available USB port and run the driver software. But in some situations where computers are located in public areas, USB is prone to be stolen by un-authorized person. So that’s why you need to choose PCI adapter which is difficult to remove from the computers.
For the wireless environment where wireless N network is deployed, the following wireless PCI network cards are suitable for connecting to high speed wireless network.
TP-Link TL-WN951N
This is the new wireless PCI adapter introduced by TP-Link delivers the wireless speed of up to 300Mbps, ideal connecting to new generations of wireless N300 or N600 routers or wireless N300 wireless AP in industrial environment.
Main features:
- It can operate either in Ad-hoc or infrastructure environment
- High speed up to 300Mbps with three 2dBi detachable external MIMO antennas technology. You can upgrade the antennas with high gain antennas for maximum signal reception
- It supports the driver for Windows 7(32/64bits), Windows Vista(32/64bits), Windows XP(32/64bits) and Windows 2000 Certifications
- Supports 64/128/152 bit WEP, WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK (TKIP/AES) wireless security encryption
TP-Link offers you affordable and high quality products compared with its competitors.
Asus PCE-N15 Wireless PCI Network Card
Another new PCI adapter you may also consider is the PCE-15 by Asus. The good thing is that it supports WPS button for easy secure configuration in connecting to wireless routers or AP with WPS-enabled.
Main features:
- High performance adapter, delivers the high speed up to 300Mbps with PCI-Express interface for maximum throughput
- Supports 802.11b/g/n standards with two external R-SMA antennas with single 2.4GHz band
- Support WPS button for easy configuration and connecting to the secure network.
- It supports software AP for peer-to-peer connection (Ad-Hoc)
- It includes utilities: Wireless setting, Site survey, WPS Wizard; Security: 64-bit WEP, 128-bit WEP, WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK, WPS support
- Windows and Linux OS supports
The main difference compared with the TP-Link is that Asus is a PCI-Express interface.
You may also consider:
- Small Campus Network with High Gain AP300 Access Point with Antenna Booster
- USB 3.0 PCI Card for Super Speed Data Transfer Rate
- High speed gigabit PCI Ethernet adapters
- Adaptec SCSI RAID 2230SLP Controller
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