Re: 802.11a card with external adapter?
gary <[email protected]>
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Yes, but that card does not have an internal antenna. The antenna sticks out beyond the cardbus holder. Otherwise, the SMC I suggested would do the job just fine, as would many other cards. Maybe the original poster wanted a wifi card with integrated/embedded antenna (not internal to the card, but also can't be removed) that also had a RF connector for an external antenna. Switching receive antennas isn't a big deal since the power is low. I don't know how well a card can switch a transmitter path. Personally, I wouldn't want a card that had an antenna sticking out out all the time if I am going to connector a RF cable to it. The cable can put stress on the connection to the card. I rather have the stress go to the edge of the card rather than a piece of plastic sticking out of the card. It isn't that hard to remove the antenna, though I suppose it is possible to lose it. If you want to use netstumbler with this unusual internal/external switching scheme, you would need to make sure the driver can select the antenna independent of netstumber or whatever non-standard interface you are using. Ryan Hodges wrote: > Did about 2 minutes of googling and came across this: > > http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?products_id=130 > > Specificly look at bottom line of the features: > > ""External Antenna ready with Hirose Ms-147-C connector, bypass > internal antenna"" > > If this were for a PC all you would need is a PCI to PCMCIA adpater card. > > > > On 5/10/06, Frank <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Unfortunatly, there is not a great selection of 802.11a cards. Most >> all of >> them do not have an external connector at all. >> >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > On Behalf Of gary >> > >> > But the ad says it requires an external antenna. >> > >> > Frank wrote: >> > > Yes, here: >> > > http://www.wlanparts.com/product/SRC >> > > >> > > >> > > Frank >> > > http://www.unwiredadventures.com >> > > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk > > _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list [email protected] http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk