On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 21:59 +0900, John Doe wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:25 AM, uzoma nwosu <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for all of the feedback. This is helping me device my action plan. > > > > A follow-up question: If I don't use two wireless cards in a net4521, > > do I have to use antennas? I assume that I would just connect both > > antennas to the one card. > > Most wifi cards have 2 antenna connectors, and some 802.11n even have > 3, so yes, connect both antennas to the same card and enjoy. > I'm no wifi expert, but I think that at least 2 antennas are needed > for MIMO, and they also provide something called "diversity". > Check the wikipedia MIMO article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO > > So actually the 2 holes in the net4521 case are just perfect. > I wish the net5501 case also had 2 of those holes. > > Alan > _______________________________________________
Also, at least one of the cards out there (Compex..) seems to have a stronger signal on the AUX antenna connection than the MAIN antenna connection. It may be some default in the driver that is twisted around. Some WiFi phones have a signal strength meter (QuickPhone 34..). This is very useful for measuring the effectiveness of one antenna, two antennas, mounting position, etc. Have fun Bob G _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
