CARDBUS vs Minipci for wifi, which is better..???

Question

for wireless(wifi) which type of conection is better, cardbus (linksys) or minipci (atheros) ???? which one has better software and better distance?

Answer 1

There's little difference between the two functionally from my experience. I'm a road-warrior engineer and have used both with little difference noted.

CARDBUS is older technology and is primarily used on machines that didn't come with a built in wireless NIC. A CARDBUS card slips into a slot on the outside of the machine. The slots are called PCMCIA slots or PC-Card slots.

MiniPCI is used for built-in wireless. Built-in is a bit of a misnomer as you can change out the card but they're fiddly and fussy to remove; you often need tweezers to disconnect the antenna wires from a MiniPCI card. MiniPCI cards snap into an expansion slot located under the bottom cover or sometimes under the keyboard. I like to think of them as semi-permanent installations.

Answer 2

The power the wireless cards can radiate is limited by federal regulations, so the distances they can transmit and receive are pretty similar.
The software - Pick-em - Both get the job done