>> I travel with a USB wifi dongle and one of these directional antennas: >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110 >> >> Lately I've noticed there are some APs that my laptop's internal wifi >> connects to perfectly, but the external antenna can't find whatsoever, >> even after a lot of directional experimentation. I've tried 2 >> different USB dongles with the same result. Has anyone had a similar >> experience? I'm baffled because the external antenna is able to make >> strong connections to some APs, but it can't even find others that the >> laptop's internal card finds and connects to no problem. > > > Maybe the USB dongle doesn't support as many bands as the internal WiFi? eg. > Dongle is B/G only, while internal is A/B/G? > > > -James
That's a good idea, but I'm actually able to pick up the difficult AP's with the same dongle when its normal omnidirectional antenna is attached instead of the strong directional one. Could a failing antenna exhibit this behavior? - Grant
