cheap USR prism2 card w/ external antenna

"Todd C. Miller" <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:02:37 -0600
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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=u13-4052

[ I just received mine today and thought I'd share my experience ]

For $80 you get 2 USR prism2 cards, each in a PCI adaptor.  One is
a standard 5V USR 2410 that is meant to be used either in or out
of the PCI adaptor, the other is a 3.3V card with an external antenna
(no builtin antenna on the card).  You have to remove a plastic "do
not remove" sticker from the latter to get it out of the PCI adaptor.
The external antenna has a reasonably strong magnet on the bottom
that could make it useful for war-driving (the antenna cable is
only 5ft though).

The USR site also has prism2 station firmware 1.4.9.  I have no
idea what's changed in the firmware though.

 - todd