I have a bag of about 30 R-TNC connectors if anyone needs them. I am selling them for about $3 each.
Tim On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:07:25AM +0200, Lars Holmstr?m wrote: > 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 Holmstr?m" <[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 Holmstr?m > > 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 -- Snail: Tim Pozar / LNS / 1978 45th Ave / San Francisco CA 94116 / USA POTS: +1 415 665 3790 Radio: KC6GNJ / KAE6247 "Be who you are and say what you feel because the people who mind don't matter and the people who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
