Yep, that's what I tried to do. If the laptop is to be stationary in the vehicle it wouldn't be an issue. But again, the thing is PCMCIA, you'd probably need the express card instead.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 9:44 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mobile broadband for Law Enforcement (Small town) Since the Ubiquiti card has an external connector, couldnt I just use a different external connector with a different antenna? On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> wrote: > I think if they use the Ubiquiti cards, you're asking for trouble with the > antenna and cable hanging off the thing. It really IS a messy setup. > Installing the Mikrotik R52Hn mini-pci card inside the laptop, the mess > totally goes away. If a large antenna is needed, as I did, install an SMA > connector to the laptop case with a pigtail going to the card. Depending on > AP placememt, it should talk to them fine. I'm actually typing this on a > laptop with that config and the thing can go almost 2 blocks just with the > internal antenna to a cheap linksys router in the house. > > Bob- > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:09 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mobile broadband for Law Enforcement (Small town) > > > I've got a town that currently uses Sprint cards but they suck due to > poor coverage. They have water tanks and other resource for me to put > AP's on but I want to use something robust enough that they dont tar & > feather for poor relaibility! > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> > wrote: >> Yep! Had one for over a year or so. Love it, never use it >> >> And here is why.......... >> >> It's the older PCMCIA slot config. The new laptops are the express card. >> My everyday laptop is newer, no PCMCIA slot. Have to break out the old >> Toshiba to use the thing........ >> >> The antenna clips to the screen. Gets in the way. I did, however, use to >> use a magnetic mount on the roof and run a cable into the truck to a MMCX >> connector to snap into the card. worked darned well. lots of wires though. >> >> What I ended up doing was put a Mikrotik R52H card in the laptops to an >> SMA >> conector I installed in the laptop. >> >> Works much, much better and I can use either the SMA if I want to put a >> big >> antenna on it or it will use the internal laptop antenna. The bonus is >> that >> it's cheaper to go that route. >> >> So it sits in the toolbox. >> >> Bob- >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:37 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mobile broadband for Law Enforcement (Small town) >> >> >> Has or does anyone use the Ubiquiti solution for this? http://ubnt.com/src >> -RickG >> >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Jeremie Chism <jchi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I have 100 police car deployment using alvarion that roams over >>> multiple towers with static IP addresses. Expensive but it works day >>> in and day out. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Apr 29, 2010, at 2:16 PM, "Patrick D. Nix, Jr" >>> <pni...@cnetworksolutions.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> We are working on a project for a small town in rural Oklahoma for >>>> mobile broadband in 7 police units. 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