From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 18:18:10 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 EB69516A511 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:18:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dgilbert@daveg.ca) Received: from ox.eicat.ca (ox.eicat.ca [66.96.30.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12FE444315 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:46:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dgilbert@daveg.ca) Received: by ox.eicat.ca (Postfix, from userid 66) id 04D09C471; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:47:20 -0500 (EST) Received: by canoe.dclg.ca (Postfix, from userid 101) id 21B3F4AC2B; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:47:25 -0500 (EST) From: David Gilbert MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17789.39341.91130.717751@canoe.dclg.ca> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:47:25 -0500 To: Greg Troxel In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.4 (patch 19) "Constant Variable" XEmacs Lucid Cc: Ian Smith , 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 18:18:11 -0000 >>>>> "Greg" == Greg Troxel writes: Greg> http://www.ubnt.com/super_range_cardbus.php4 I'm pretty sure Greg> these have MMCX, and work basically fine under NetBSD which has Greg> essentially the same driver/hal. I'm really sure that we hooked Greg> up small external vertical antennas and got well over 100m range Greg> outside. Beware that the output is closer to 400 mW and looked Greg> a bit unclean at full power, and I was only able to reduce power Greg> to about 30 mW. I have used this card with 6.[012] and it performs very well. With a 12dB rubber duck, I've been able to link up to access points several city blocks away. Curiously, in close quarters, where my laptops internal (Intel a/b/g) wireless links up, the super range card doesn't really provide any better signal or speed... but at much larger distances it still provides good performance. Dave. -- ============================================================================ |David Gilbert, Independent Contractor. | Two things can be | |Mail: dave@daveg.ca | equal if and only if they | |http://daveg.ca | are precisely opposite. | =========================================================GLO================