What the range of an 200mw card and how good are they picking up signals about 2 blocks away comming from 4dbi source.
A 200mW card is not going to "hear" any better than a 32mW card - unless the brand has a better receive sensitivity. (ie: Senao/Engenius cards list a much better receive sensitivity than most).
A higher power card will allow you to transmit further, which is also important.
You might want to consider something like that Senao CB3 wireless-to-ethernet bridge. It's a 200mW radio and a connector for larger antennas - they go for around $100 these days.
-Rob
As i have an 8 dbi omni, but with all hte resisstance it about 4, and my friend is about half a block away and we cant pick up anything with an linksys or an orinco silber nic. So i was looking into buying a 200mw card, will this work? thanks
