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yours truely, Gerard J. Cerchio ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:00 PM Subject: wireless digest, Vol 1 #306 - 4 msgs > Send wireless mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of wireless digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. meeting place and location???? (Daniel Curry) > 2. RE: External antenna for LinkSys BEFW11S4 (Loren Zemenick) > 3. Re: External antenna for LinkSys BEFW11S4 (Steve) > 4. Re: External antenna for LinkSys BEFW11S4 (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Lars_Holmstr=F6m?=) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 16:36:42 -0700 > From: Daniel Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [BAWUG] meeting place and location???? > > When is the next meeting place and location for > bawug? > > -- > Daniel Curry > AD5A 96DC 7556 A020 B8E7 0E4D 5D5E 9BA5 C83E 8C92 > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > From: "Loren Zemenick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lars_Holmstr=F6m?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [BAWUG] External antenna for LinkSys BEFW11S4 > Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 20:48:08 -0700 > > Before buying a pigtail, check your antenna connector on the WAP11. I have a > version 2.6 WAP11 and I am pretty sure it needs a reverse polarity TNC > connector not BNC. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lars Holmström > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 5:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] External antenna for LinkSys BEFW11S4 > > > Based on what I can see from the picture at > http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=544&grid= ir is identical > antenna as the WAP11 and WAP54G. For those models we buy pigtails (R-BNC to > whatever you would like, but usually N). An cantenna will give you between 5 > and 10 dB better S/N which sounds like what you need to go from sometime to > permanent. > > /Lars > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "KUROSAKA Teruhiko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:39 AM > Subject: [BAWUG] External antenna for LinkSys BEFW11S4 > > > > Hello, > > I have a LinkSys 2.4 GHz wireless router, model BEFW11S4. > > I have this in my living room and I was hoping I could use > > my PC in my bedroom, which is about 15 m (50 ft) away but > > there is a door and a wall between the two points. Unfortunately, > > the connection turned out to be sporadic. Sometime I get connection > > and sometime not. So I am trying to find a solution to > > extend the signal reach a little bit. First thing I would > > like to try before buying a $100 booster is to use an external > > directional antenna with extension cable so that it can be > > positioned in a better place. But I cannot find a place > > to buy such thing. > > > > Googling on this subject yielded only Cantenna. It, however, > > seems to be designed to be attached to the PC side, not the router. > > They don't sell a cable for BEFW11S4. > > > > I went to a local Radio Shack also. They do sell cables with BNC > > connector. But they don't sell external antennas. I was hoping > > I could use the antenna that comes with the router because it is > > detachable. But the antenna has a plastic sleeve around its male > > connector and that prevents it from connecting to a regular female > > BNC connector, which also has a metal screwing sleeve. > > > > So, anybody has any suggestion how to get around this situation? > > -- > > T. "Kuro" Kurosaka, San Francisco, California > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > -- > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] External antenna for LinkSys BEFW11S4 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 05:08:45 +0000 (UTC) > > > On the PC side, I use LinkSys WPC11 ver. 3. I don't > > see an external antenna connector on this > > wireless network card. So attaching an external antenna > > on the PC side is not an option, it seems like. > > If you can, try borrowing someone's Orinoco or Cisco card. Some of the > cheaper Intersil based cards have fair-to-average recieve sensitivity, and > can vary quite a lot for no aparent reason. You might have better luck > with another one of the same card, or you might be better off with a better > quality card. If you can get a loaner, I'd try that first just as a > trouble-shooting step. > > > The version of LinkSys BEFW11S4 is ver. 2. I don't > > see the wattage information in the spec sheet. > > I have seen the output rating on BEFW11S4 v.2 in a couple places as 80 mW, > but I have never verified this.. Take everything that I say with a grain > of salt... > > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Reply-To: > "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Lars_Holmstr=F6m?=" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Lars_Holmstr=F6m?=" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] External antenna for LinkSys BEFW11S4 > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 08:07:25 +0200 > Organization: Flystanet > > Correct. It was a typo. All my Linksys boxes (WAP11 and WAP54G) has R-TNC > /Lars > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Loren Zemenick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lars Holmström" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 5:48 AM > Subject: RE: [BAWUG] External antenna for LinkSys BEFW11S4 > > > > Before buying a pigtail, check your antenna connector on the WAP11. I have > a > > version 2.6 WAP11 and I am pretty sure it needs a reverse polarity TNC > > connector not BNC. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lars Holmström > > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 5:18 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] External antenna for LinkSys BEFW11S4 > > > > > > Based on what I can see from the picture at > > http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=544&grid= ir is identical > > antenna as the WAP11 and WAP54G. For those models we buy pigtails (R-BNC > to > > whatever you would like, but usually N). An cantenna will give you between > 5 > > and 10 dB better S/N which sounds like what you need to go from sometime > to > > permanent. > > > > /Lars > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "KUROSAKA Teruhiko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 9:39 AM > > Subject: [BAWUG] External antenna for LinkSys BEFW11S4 > > > > > > > Hello, > > > I have a LinkSys 2.4 GHz wireless router, model BEFW11S4. > > > I have this in my living room and I was hoping I could use > > > my PC in my bedroom, which is about 15 m (50 ft) away but > > > there is a door and a wall between the two points. Unfortunately, > > > the connection turned out to be sporadic. Sometime I get connection > > > and sometime not. So I am trying to find a solution to > > > extend the signal reach a little bit. First thing I would > > > like to try before buying a $100 booster is to use an external > > > directional antenna with extension cable so that it can be > > > positioned in a better place. But I cannot find a place > > > to buy such thing. > > > > > > Googling on this subject yielded only Cantenna. It, however, > > > seems to be designed to be attached to the PC side, not the router. > > > They don't sell a cable for BEFW11S4. > > > > > > I went to a local Radio Shack also. They do sell cables with BNC > > > connector. But they don't sell external antennas. I was hoping > > > I could use the antenna that comes with the router because it is > > > detachable. But the antenna has a plastic sleeve around its male > > > connector and that prevents it from connecting to a regular female > > > BNC connector, which also has a metal screwing sleeve. > > > > > > So, anybody has any suggestion how to get around this situation? > > > -- > > > T. "Kuro" Kurosaka, San Francisco, California > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > > > > > -- > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > -- > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > > > --__--__-- > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > End of wireless Digest >
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