Last night and tonight I have been doing a little 'technology refresh' to my music computer. Adding another Firewire card and installing some sample libraries that were on sale (last years samples - so passe...)
I am also installing a WiFi adapter - I have kept the music computer detached from the network as I don't want to be in the middle of something and have a piece of software decide to do a 40MB update download. Needless to say, this can cause major audio glitches. I have been updating with a thumb-drive WiFi adapter every few months but that is it. Finally decided to add a permanent WiFi connection and just switch it on when needed. Since my Motherboard is an ASUS, I went with an ASUS WiFi plug-in card. I was looking for a place to install the antenna and discovered quite to my pleasant surprise that the base was magnetic. The music computer is rack mounted so it was a simple matter to stick the antenna to one of the rack risers and get a great signal. I was thinking I would have to use gaffers tape or something.
Nice touch ASUS - this cost you a few pennies more but makes the user experience much much better...