These are 12db, but are less effective than the short stock ones. I think I am going to give up and install the 250' of CAT5 I have sitting in a box next to my computer. BillR
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:27 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Wireless bridge i just bought one specifically designed to replace the tiny stock antenna on the pci wirelelss card on my dessktop. i don't know what any of this means, but stock is like 2db and this one is 7db and this increase was adequate for my purposes. you can get more powerful ones as well though as i've seen 25db ones. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Bill R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I bought two 14" antennas for wireless setup, then discovered they would > not > go on the fitting on the wireless. Got two adaptors, but that signal was > even worse. > BillR > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Gary Hurst > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:04 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Wireless bridge > > similar experience with my old liksys -- up for years > > also, why do you need a bridge and not just a better antenna? i was having > signal problems from one end of my house to another and just got a bit > bigger than stock antenna. no more issues. > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 6:35 PM, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My Linksys WRT54GL (L for Linux) works very well, from one end of the > > house to the other, but I've never looked into using one as a bridge. > > It's been "up" for years -- > > > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Bill R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd second the suggestion to avoid the Linksys. I have to restart mine > > > about every two days, and have a 'very low' signal from one end of the > > house > > > to the other. > > > BillR _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
