Jon,
I don't see any reason why having the board on the bottom would be an issue.
After all, it's the antenna's location that will determine the range, not the board's
position. You may have some difficulty locating an antenna with the proper connector
for this board. It's a weird & wonderful standard that's been adopted for all these
laptop mini-PCI boards. I have located a manufacturer on the left coast who makes
WiFi laptop antennae with a tail & connector. I'll forward that info if you're
interested.
However, I would be a bit concerned about this board if you're planning to use it
in a laptop mode, off batteries. This board draws 2x the power of a standard mini-PCI
WiFi board. Not surprising since it's 2x the power. But I notice how much faster my
Dell 8200 dies when running my Orinoco mini-PCI board. Probably 1/2 the life of the
stand alone operation. And that's using the power conservation mode. I don't see any
specs for that on this board. But if you're planning only mains operation it
shouldn't be an issue.
Bill Schimoler
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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:43:45 -0400
From: "jon baer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [nycwireless] Embedded Nano-Itx WiFi question
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i need some help with a few assumptions/guesses i have ...
via recently annoucned the nano-itx (120mm x 120mm) cards/boards which have
a mini pci located underneath the board, would the engenius EL-2511MP PLUS
(http://www.netgate.com/EL2511MP.html) be suitable? or the fact that it lies
underneath be a problem?
here are some pics of the board for reference:
http://www.jonbaer.net/nanoitx/nano1.jpeg
http://www.jonbaer.net/nanoitx/nano2.jpeg
http://www.jonbaer.net/nanoitx/nano3.jpeg
http://www.jonbaer.net/nanoitx/nano4.jpeg
http://www.jonbaer.net/nanoitx/nano5.jpeg
http://www.jonbaer.net/nanoitx/nano6.jpeg
http://www.jonbaer.net/nanoitx/nano7.jpeg
http://www.jonbaer.net/nanoitx/nano8.jpeg
- jon
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