> Doesn't the Netgear Rangeamax require matched wireless NICs at the > other end of the path, to take advantage of its diversity > transmission?
News to me. We put a Netgear NIC into one customer's machine, but nothing that said "RangeMax" in particular tho I've seen NICs that carry such a suffix in their name. Switchign from a crappy d-Link to the RangeMax brought a signficant improvement tho. > > If your room layout allows it, a simple parabolic reflector put on the > usual single vertical antenna can confine the signals to about a > 90-degree sector, with a corresponding 4 times increase in > sensitivity. That's 12dB. Also keeps the signals out of the street > in front of the house. Don't know about the situation over there in your parts, but as soon as you go "parabolic" you blow the allowed EIRP and the device becomes illegal to toperate - at least here in .de. -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a- C++++ UL++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- w--(---) !O M+ V- PS+ PE Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@ b++(+++) DI+++ D- G++ e* h>++ r* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ http://www.stop1984.com http://www.againsttcpa.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
