In <417FBA8E.20401@clanganke.de>, on 10/27/04 at 05:11 PM,
Christian Langanke <cla@clanganke.de> said:
>My Artem card has a socket for an external antenna, but AFAIK the
>antenna will cost as much as a cheap PCMCIA card. Until now I don't know
>of any other card having such a feature. I may be wrong but I doubt that
>newer cards will have such a socket - the described problem with PCMCIA
>cards used in desktop systems for access point functionality may once
>have been the most obvious reason for to provide extern antennas, but
>may have become obsolete with cheaper and cheaper separate hardware
>available. Nevertheless, if you intend to just build up a smaller cell,
>I think a PCMCIA card with a good iternal antenna will do as good. I
>just have received a Cisco 350 for testing purposes with an internal
>antenna only, and would say that it approx. has a better reception of up
>to 10-20% compared to my Artem card.
My IBM High Rate wireless PCMCIA card has a tiny jack for an external
antenna with a knock out plug covering it. I hadn't even noticed it until
Lewis pointed it out in his wireless class at Warpstock.
But why use a PCMCIA card in a desktop/server machine? There is at least
one PCI card that works under OS/2-eCS. We gave one or two away last
year. I think they were Netgear. Stan do you remember the brand and
model number?
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