I like a mini-PCI with an external case-mounted RP-TNC, personally. On PCMCIA, the watchword is strain relief (however you can get it) and care in screwing connectors together to minimize torsional stress on the cable.
FWIW&YMMV... Bob On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:34:57 -0400 > From: Jay R. Ashworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Wardriving Senao vs. Cisco > > On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 03:54:12PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My hunch is that it was simpler and cheaper for senao to make a +23dBm card > > with a so-so receiver than a +20dBm card with a great receiver - besides, > > marketing will LOVE being able to say "twice as much POWER" - when was the > > last time you heard a marketing hype "6 dB better code to noise ratio!"?? > > Indeed. > > I have a related question on this front: > > Can anyone speak to *antenna connector cycling*? What sort of antenna > connector on a PCMCIA 11b card is the sturdiest: I can forsee cycling that > connector *a lot*. (4-10 times a *day*, in some cases) > > Cheers, > -- jra > -- > Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 > The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think > Tampa Bay, Florida http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 > > OS X: Because making Unix user-friendly was easier than debugging Windows > -- Simon Slavin, on a.f.c > -- > 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
