<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span></span> </div><div><span>How does the computer know these devices are to be found in the USB port rather than the usual wireless network port?</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Do these come with the software needed to get the network connection to talk through the USB port?  Or is this something you configure in a setup process?</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Sent from my KnightKit Crystal Set.<br>-- <br>73, Steve, K9DCI   USN (Vet)  MOT (Ret)  Ham (Yet)<br> <br>I served during the cold war, so you can continue to be served a cold one.</div><div> </div><div> </div><br>  <div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new
 roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div>  <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Alan <wa4sca@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'TAPR APRS Mailing List' <aprssig@tapr.org> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> CC <APBIDDLE@UNITED.NET> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 7, 2013 2:26 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [aprssig] Dirt Cheap USB WiFi Dongle<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>I got one off Amazon a few weeks ago.  I used it to upgrade the wireless in an ancient PC laptop.<br clear="none">Performance has been flawless, and consistently
 4-5X times the throughput of the original adapter.  <br clear="none"><br clear="none">73s,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Alan<br clear="none">WA4SCA<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><-----Original Message-----<br clear="none"><From: <a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a> <br clear="none"><[mailto:<a href="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:aprssig-bounces@tapr.org">aprssig-bounces@tapr.org</a>] On Behalf Of Stephen H. Smith<br clear="none"><Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 11:17 AM<br clear="none"><To: TAPR APRS Mailing List<br clear="none"><Subject: [aprssig] Dirt Cheap USB WiFi Dongle<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><This device appeared in the latest email flyer I received this <br clear="none"><morning from <br clear="none"><Monoprice.<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><***
 Ultra-Mini USB Wireless Lan 802.11N Adapter - 1T1R (150Mbps)  ***<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><<<a href="http://www.monoprice.com/Product/?c_id=105&cp_id=10501&cs_id=1" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://www.monoprice.com/Product/?c_id=105&cp_id=10501&cs_id=1</a><br clear="none"><050108&p_id=8072&seq=1&format=2#description><br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><$7.44 for a WiFi B/G/N dongle that sticks barely a 1/4-inch <br clear="none"><out of a USB port. <br clear="none"><  (It's packaged like those tiny dongles that come with <br clear="none"><cordless mice, or <br clear="none"><Bluetooth add-ons.) According to user feedback it works <br clear="none"><plug-n-play with <br clear="none"><Raspberry Pi, as well as regular PCs.<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><Looks potentially useful for various APRS igate projects on <br clear="none"><both regular PCs <br
 clear="none"><(Windows/Linux) and Raspberry Pi.<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><_______________________________________________________________<br clear="none"><____________<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><--<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><Stephen H. Smith    wa8lmf (at) aol.com<br clear="none"><Skype:        WA8LMF<br clear="none"><EchoLink:   14400  [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]<br clear="none"><Home Page:          <a href="http://wa8lmf.net/" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://wa8lmf.net/</a><br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><  Long-Range APRS on 30 Meters HF<br clear="none"><     <a href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/HF_APRS_Notes.htm" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/HF_APRS_Notes.htm</a><br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><High
 Performance Sound Systems for Soundcard Apps<br clear="none"><    <a href="http://wa8lmf.net/ham/imic.htm" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://wa8lmf.net/ham/imic.htm</a><br clear="none"><    <a href="http://wa8lmf.net/ham/uca202.htm" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://wa8lmf.net/ham/uca202.htm</a><br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><"APRS 101"  Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating<br clear="none"><   <a href="http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths" shape="rect" target="_blank">http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths</a><br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><<br clear="none"><_______________________________________________<br clear="none"><aprssig mailing list<br clear="none"><<a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a><br clear="none"><<a href="http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig" shape="rect"
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