All,

Netgear reports receive sensitivity for theis MA101 USB adapter as:

Receive Sensitivity (8% PER)
-84dBn@11Mbps
-87dBm@2Mbps
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-91dBm@11Mbps

Now how does PER (packet-error-rate) compare to BER (bit-error-rate)? Is
there some "standard" packet size that is used in this kind of measurement?

Reason for question: I have some houses real close to my mini-WISP (7.7dB
omni + 6ft RG58 + WAP11) where I can easily get signal with my laptop and
the Avaya/Orinoco PC-CARD specified as:

Receiver Sensitivity -82 dBm -87 dBm -91 dBm -94 dBm (from Avaya web site)
At the same time they specify BER 10E-5, so I assume this is also the
condition for the receive sensitivity measurement.

Now these houses have desktop PC's and want USB or PCI type client devices.
I tried the Linksys USB device and that clearly does not get any signal
there. Other tests also suggest that it clearly is not as good as the Avaya
PC-CARD. So I am searching for USB or PCI types that match or beat the Avaya
PC-CARD.

// Rolf


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