From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 2 01:00:43 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01F1416A4CE for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:00:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB96043D5D for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:00:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j2210dar029404; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:00:39 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id j2210dsB029403; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:00:39 -0800 Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:00:39 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Aidan Whyte Message-ID: <20050302010039.GA28884@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <00e001c51ec2$d6b17550$2201040a@moriarty> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0F1p//8PRICkK4MW" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00e001c51ec2$d6b17550$2201040a@moriarty> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.11a pcmcia cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 01:00:43 -0000 --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:57:42AM -0000, Aidan Whyte wrote: > Anyone know of any 802.11a (/ab/abg/ag/whatever) pcmcia cards that > have an external antenna connector? > > I've read that they're hard to find because most 802.11a cards use a > mix of 2 frequency bands to give more non-overlapping channels, but > the FCC doesn't allow one of those bands to be used for external use > so no equipment transmitting over that spectrum can have external > antenna connectors. I'm in Europe where this doesn't apply, but I > still can't find any card with an external antenna connector :o/ If > one was found that was known to work under freebsd that would be a big > bonus :o) I can't help you with a PCCard, but I've got a DLink AG PCI card with an external antenna (how else :) so that's not likely the real issue. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCJRA2XY6L6fI4GtQRApWoAJwP4PU/CezFdpwhe3gVykMpSdlD0QCgjbEE AwcRd2tqwWFHehEd32jolkQ= =BA7O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW--