Why the hell one want to buy a crappy overpriced wireless dongle (especially
the aforementioned model), that is far worse than any of the internal ones,
since WiFi cards contained in every current notebook (except museum pieces)
has usually two antenna cables connected to the card, that can be half to one
meter long (usually interconnected with the sides of display), resulting in a
much better signal strength and stability.
You'll be better off if you just switch the internal card, and that (if done
cleverly) will not cost you a penny. Just go and buy some compatible card
from eBay (will cost you circa 2-3 bucks), then switch the internal one with
the newly bought (requires disassembling of the laptop, but it's pretty easy
- just look for a disassembly guide for you specific model), and sell the old
one.
The next time you start your computer, the wireless will start to work
instantly, no more proprietary crap, and it does not costed you a fortune.
P.S.: You can get some advice here about the problems that can occur, since
in some very rare cases this will not work, because some laptop manufacturers
tends to implement a blacklist into BIOS, that checks the vendor/product ID
code of laptop parts, and if they doesn't match with the one you installed,
the computer will refuse to acknowledge the existence of it, even if it's not
faulty, and is previously tested on different computers, and proved to be
working.
This behaviour is there simply because the laptop manufacturer wants you to
buy only from him (for profit!), and those parts have usually premium prices
(if you doesn't buy them used). This is the sad reality. Even if changing the
wireless card will not work for you (again, it's very rare), it's still worth
a try, especially considering its
low purchase price
you can expunge replacing the internal WiFi card from the list of possible
solutions
you can use the card on any other computer later
you can try to patch your BIOS with a hacked version, that does have this
blacklist removed
