laptop WiFi Card Antenna

I am using a IBM R30 ThinkPad laptop computer at work.
I use a Netgear Wireless Model WMB521 Card.
Is there anyway to add a external antenna to increase the reception range.

I know I can buy a rang booster, but lacks mobility.

2006April wrote:
> I am using a IBM R30 ThinkPad laptop computer at work.
> I use a Netgear Wireless Model WMB521 Card.
> Is there anyway to add a external antenna to increase the reception range.
>
> I know I can buy a rang booster, but lacks mobility.

How about this:

<http://www.jiwire.com/hawking-hwc54d-product-overview.htm>

>I am using a IBM R30 ThinkPad laptop computer at work.
> I use a Netgear Wireless Model WMB521 Card.
> Is there anyway to add a external antenna to increase the reception range.
>

I think you mean this
http://tinyurl.com/hrwag

2006April wrote:
> I am using a IBM R30 ThinkPad laptop computer at work.
> I use a Netgear Wireless Model WMB521 Card.
> Is there anyway to add a external antenna to increase the reception
> range.
>
> I know I can buy a rang booster, but lacks mobility.

Check into external USB WiFi stuff. I use an external USB device with my
laptop with built in wifi, usually when I travel, and need to point the
trans/rec/antenna toward whatever ap I am using..I also use it in the car,
so I can keep the laptop on my lap and put the USB device by the window.
(at home/work I use the internal to connect to my own wifi systems). Small,
fits in the laptop bag, and easy to hook up if I need that extra oomph. <--
technical term for stronger signal

Guess I should ask, is this for your home/work or when traveling?

I use the laptop on work bench and tool box, which moves regularly from
department to department.

"Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> 2006April wrote:
> > I am using a IBM R30 ThinkPad laptop computer at work.
> > I use a Netgear Wireless Model WMB521 Card.
> > Is there anyway to add a external antenna to increase the reception
> > range.
> >
> > I know I can buy a rang booster, but lacks mobility.
>
> Check into external USB WiFi stuff. I use an external USB device with my
> laptop with built in wifi, usually when I travel, and need to point the
> trans/rec/antenna toward whatever ap I am using..I also use it in the car,
> so I can keep the laptop on my lap and put the USB device by the window.
> (at home/work I use the internal to connect to my own wifi systems).
Small,
> fits in the laptop bag, and easy to hook up if I need that extra oomph.
<--
> technical term for stronger signal
>
> Guess I should ask, is this for your home/work or when traveling?
>
>

Sounds good, but assume I need to crack open the PC card to get to the
internal antenna?

"Curly Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> >I am using a IBM R30 ThinkPad laptop computer at work.
> > I use a Netgear Wireless Model WMB521 Card.
> > Is there anyway to add a external antenna to increase the reception
range.
> >
>
> I think you mean this
> http://tinyurl.com/hrwag
>
>

> "Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 2006April wrote:
>>> I am using a IBM R30 ThinkPad laptop computer at work.
>>> I use a Netgear Wireless Model WMB521 Card.
>>> Is there anyway to add a external antenna to increase the reception
>>> range.
>>>
>>> I know I can buy a rang booster, but lacks mobility.
>>
>> Check into external USB WiFi stuff. I use an external USB device
>> with my laptop with built in wifi, usually when I travel, and need
>> to point the trans/rec/antenna toward whatever ap I am using..I also
>> use it in the car, so I can keep the laptop on my lap and put the
>> USB device by the window. (at home/work I use the internal to
>> connect to my own wifi systems). Small, fits in the laptop bag, and
>> easy to hook up if I need that extra oomph. <-- technical term for
>> stronger signal
>>
>> Guess I should ask, is this for your home/work or when traveling?
2006April wrote:
> I use the laptop on work bench and tool box, which moves regularly
> from department to department.
>

Even better then, leave the built in stuff to use when feasible, and spend a
buck on self stick velcro squares. Put one on the lid of the laptop and one
on the bottom of the USB device. When you have the lid open, just stick the
USB device via the velcro.. This is not one of the USB WiFi dongles I'm
talking about (although you can use one of those with a USB extension cord
too).. this is a USB device with it's own antenna. I have one stuck to the
back of my laptop lid and am using it know, cuz the internal WiFi doesn't
work in here (dead spot, will work a few feet away, but not this chair where
I like to sit and watch TV)... I have a linksys wusb54gp Wireless-G Portable
USB Adapter
(http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satel...VisitorWrapper)
stuck to the back of the laptop, and can put a 10ft or 20ft USB extension
cable on it if I want to put it far away (or use the laptop in the car/truck
(I use it on the roof of my RV to get extra height)

I see, you must have the USB wireless card.
We have the PCMCIA PC cards issued by company. I think the antenna is
build-in and I have no access to the internal antenna connection.

2006April wrote:
> I see, you must have the USB wireless card.
> We have the PCMCIA PC cards issued by company. I think the antenna is
> build-in and I have no access to the internal antenna connection.

While some of the laptops I have now have built in WiFi and internal
antenna, some do not and use a pcmcia/cardbus card. The external USB device
can be used on either, and if there is built in, it overrides what is there.
Since I use different systems with different built in stuff (or none), twas
easier to just use the USB external and always have something that worked,
no matter what laptop I had. (even works on my desktop at home too).