RE 1. Cantenna proj. question (DaveC)

Not a really good idea to run thick antenna cable into a pcmcia card.
much better to put a client box up near the antenna with a short pigtail and
run 10/100bt
down to the machine,  its much more flexible and of course you've reduced
ant signal loss (ant feed length).

Ashley Parish

C Technologies
RE   1. Cantenna proj. question (DaveC)

Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:13:44 -0700
From: DaveC <[email protected]>
Subject: [BAWUG] Cantenna proj. question

>Another question is about the coax. I know that in order to put this
>antenna on the roof, I'll need 20 feet, or so, of coax. "Pigtail"
> (small diameter stuff) isn't sufficient for this task, I know, so the
>beefy RG-8-type stuff ( *not* RG-8; I just don't remember the 2-plus
>GHz spec, right now...) is required.
>
>Am I dreaming? Is it possible to capture a signal and run it 20 feet
>and still have sufficient signal to make it worth my while?
>
>And a basic question about his whole process: Is there a better way
>to capture a remote WI-Fi signal than to use an external antenna and
>run it down a coax and plug it into my wireless card in my PowerBook?
>Another option would be a bridge (which would convert it to wired
>medium), yes?
>


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