From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 12:24:51 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 4B16E16A47B for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:24:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gdt@ir.bbn.com) Received: from fnord.ir.bbn.com (fnord.ir.bbn.com [192.1.100.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C1C43CAE for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:23:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gdt@ir.bbn.com) Received: by fnord.ir.bbn.com (Postfix, from userid 10853) id 0F5B35299; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:24:50 -0500 (EST) From: Greg Troxel To: Ian Smith References: X-Hashcash: 1:20:061211:freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org::Uojgik09dcM7wWHW:000000000000000000000000000000000000ZFM X-Hashcash: 1:20:061211:smithi@nimnet.asn.au::bQsvyV5tc1g5JvAO:000000000000000000000000000000000000000002lFW Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:24:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Ian Smith's message of "Mon\, 11 Dec 2006 15\:55\:40 +1100 \(EST\)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" 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 12:24:51 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ian Smith writes: > On Sun, 10 Dec 2006, Greg Troxel wrote: > > > http://www.ubnt.com/super_range_cardbus.php4 > >=20 > > 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. We did a with one antenna. The second connector is for diversity; the card will receive on both and transmit on either. I don't think it has anything to do with a, other than that at 5 GHz diversity may be more helpful. =20 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (NetBSD) iD8DBQFFfU4S+vesoDJhHiURAkhhAJ9oIq1aLqxQImpmU4G6283pYuknkgCeKF7w a6X8aO2ie5DeCK9XEGJKwbc= =NxOS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--