For purposes of this discussion, I have systems with two different Broadcom adapters - the 4312, such as is in my HP 2133 Mini-Note, and the 4313, such as in my Samsung N150 Plus and Lenovo S10-3s ...

While we are used to USB WiFi adapters, embedded devices typically ... quite speedy and natively supported by the Linux network stack, as opposed to something like an AT command mode.