Not a really good idea to run thick antenna cable into a pcmcia card. much better to put a client box up near the antenna with a short pigtail and run 10/100bt down to the machine, its much more flexible and of course you've reduced ant signal loss (ant feed length).
Ashley Parish C Technologies RE 1. Cantenna proj. question (DaveC) Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:13:44 -0700 From: DaveC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [BAWUG] Cantenna proj. question >Another question is about the coax. I know that in order to put this >antenna on the roof, I'll need 20 feet, or so, of coax. "Pigtail" > (small diameter stuff) isn't sufficient for this task, I know, so the >beefy RG-8-type stuff ( *not* RG-8; I just don't remember the 2-plus >GHz spec, right now...) is required. > >Am I dreaming? Is it possible to capture a signal and run it 20 feet >and still have sufficient signal to make it worth my while? > >And a basic question about his whole process: Is there a better way >to capture a remote WI-Fi signal than to use an external antenna and >run it down a coax and plug it into my wireless card in my PowerBook? >Another option would be a bridge (which would convert it to wired >medium), yes? > _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
