From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 04:55:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF0A616A403 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:55:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from gaia.nimnet.asn.au (nimbin.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.45.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C613C43CA5 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:54:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from localhost (smithi@localhost) by gaia.nimnet.asn.au (8.8.8/8.8.8R1.4) with SMTP id PAA11282; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:55:40 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:55:40 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith To: Greg Troxel In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Atheros card with external antenna connector? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:55:51 -0000 On Sun, 10 Dec 2006, Greg Troxel wrote: > http://www.ubnt.com/super_range_cardbus.php4 > > I'm pretty sure these have MMCX, and work basically fine under NetBSD > which has essentially the same driver/hal. I'm really sure that we > hooked up small external vertical antennas and got well over 100m > range outside. Beware that the output is closer to 400 mW and looked > a bit unclean at full power, and I was only able to reduce power to > about 30 mW. Hmm, 30mW or even 100mW is normal spec, 400mW is likely a bit close to illegal here, though there's a 200mW CE version, which may do the extra European channels too, and with less power consumption .. I'll enquire. Thanks for the info; I found the .au distributor there and will check them out. So far I've been leaning toward the Proxim/Orinoco cards though they're b/g only, and expensive! .. these ones indeed have two antenna connectors which (I think) is necessary to do 802.11a. Cheers, Ian