it seems nobody uses minipci ralink cards ... :-(
On Tuesday 12 December 2006 13:27, Anis Kadri wrote:
> Same problem with minipci ral cards
> max distance: 5-8m.
>
> On 12/12/06, Clint Pachl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
> > > I have a Linksys card that uses ral and I can confirm this
> > >
> > >
> > > Sam Fourman Jr.
> > >
> > > On 12/9/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> Hi List,
> > >>
> > >> i've tried today openbsd 4.0
> > >>
> > >> with several cards:
> > >>
> > >> rt2561t -> PC-620C
> > >> rt2560f -> WMIR-103G
> > >> rt2560f -> GN-WIKG
> > >>
> > >> with all cards i got a connection (mediaopt ibss -> adhoc)
> > >> with a distance of some meters. but if i tried a distance of 150
> > >> meters with 2 yagi (12dbi) i got no connection :-(. i one test i've
> > >> used a prism2 card on only the one site and a got a connection but the
> > >> performance was very bad. with 2 prism cards it work fine. 2 prism ->
> > >> ok
> > >> 1 prism and 1 ral -> bad performance
> > >> 2 ral -> no connection
> > >>
> > >> has anyone an idea whats the problem of this low operation
> > >> range ?
> >
> > I have a similar problem in 3.9 with ral cards; very poor range.
> >
> > Linksys (ath) [ap] -> Level One (ral) = 5-7 meters
> > Linksys (ath) [ap] -> Old 1MBit Intel (wi?) = +30 meters
> > Level One (ral pci) [ap] -> Level One (ral pccard) = must be within 1-2
> > meters
> >
> > I tried changing the Tx Power, but that didn't have an effect. Because
> > I've heard that the ral driver is very good, I was just assuming that my
> > Level One cards have crappy transceivers and/or antennas.
