i think the dongle is the best solution for everyone since different people use different types of computers, that being said, it really wouldnt be that hard to mount the dongle on say an old broken nics plate cut a hole for the usb cord and plug it in, or you could mount in a free cd slot using a 3.5 to 5.25 adapter and connect the usb to an internal free usb port and then route a cat5 jumper to the back of the pc, once i get my boards built i'll play around and see what i can come up with...
ratt