Actually I first tried the card without the matching AP. That's when I got the 3X range, versus the Aironet 350 PCM. The cards work without a Parkervision AP very well.
When I used the Parkervision WAP and the card, I only got a few steps further. We are in a corner of an office complex on the first floor. WAP is located inside a closed door closet 8 feet above the ground. I haven't tried a throughput test. My range test consisted of doing a continuous -t ping and walking until the pings started timing out. Then I took one step back to reestablish the pings, and browse to a webpage. On the Netstumber front, sitting about 20 feet from the WAP, I get -40 to -45 db with the Cisco card. With the Parkervision PC Card, I get a level -23 db. It's pegged with no variation. Humphrey Editor - Tomshardware -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Thompson Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 5:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Parkervision cards On Nov 8, 2004, at 3:06 PM, Jerry Roy wrote: > Humphrey, > > This is the best card I have in my whole pile. Wouldn't trade it for > anything else. > > It blew me away. You have to combine with their AP/Router to really see > what it can do. Impressive. Of course you do. If the card sends MIMO to an ordinary AP, the AP will only 'see' (hear?) garbage, and visa versa. Now then, tell us how you get 3X range in a LOS environment, and ... "3X compared to what, and in what type of environment, and at what throughput/rate?" Its MIMO, not Magic. Jim > Jerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Humphrey Cheung > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 11:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Parkervision cards > > Hello, > > Anyone have experience with the Parkervision wifi cards? They claim no > deadspots in your house, etc etc. > > We thought it was voodoo, so we asked for a review unit... I'll be > damned I > get triple the range. I'll try a wardrive today with the card. > > Humphrey Cheung > Editor - Tomshardware
