Ralph Green wrote: > Howdy, > I have a couple of Soekris 4521 boards and a case for one of them from > Soekris. I want to make one into a wireless access point and I can't > tell what I need to buy for a cable. > I am not committed to any wireless card yet. I think I found a card > that should work pretty well. It is a "Senao Engenius 802.11g wireless > mini PCI card NL-3054MP" available from an eBay auction. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110299574588 > I need to find cables to go from that card to the back of the Soekris > case. I plan to use an antenna I already had. It is off of a Airlink > AR430W router, and seems to be use a common antenna connection type.
the connector used on mini pci cards including the one mentioned is the hirose eletronics u.fl > I found an ebay seller who has a 12"' inch (30.5 cm) LMR 100 series > cable assembly (RF/WiFi pigtail/adapter) with MMCX male right-angle > connector to RP TNC jack Bulkhead connector. Is that the right cable > for me to buy? You can see it at(listed as option 3): rp-tnc is the larger of the commonly used antenna connectors on consumer grade wireless accesspoints... I am reasonably certain that the router you mention has an rp-sma antenna connector > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130238347511 > Other low cost, good alternatives will certainly be considered. The > software I am going to run is probably OpenWRT, so an Atheros chipset is > probably best. That card is an Atheros albiet a rather old one. you might look at the following (not specifically endorsing this vendor though I have used them on the past) http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=AG-623CN&eq=&Tp= http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=WLM54-SAG23&eq=&Tp= > Thank you in advance, > Ralph > > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
