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Old 02-03-2005, 06:38 PM
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Looking for a new WPA-ready PC Card wireless NIC for 802.11g, a card with
an external antenna(s) or which supports them. A 'pre-N' card would be
preferred, as would a card which uses less CPU than others.

It's for use in a Fujitsu subnotebook, the Lifebook P1032, runing XP Spack
2. Its primary use will be away from hotspots in remote areas, for
disaster relief work, and will be attached to a coffee-can waveguide or
Yagi antenna for extra range. The existing Linksys WPC54G works OK, but
has no external antenna jack, so I will move that card to another notebook
which will stay close to home.

Your on-topic assistance is appreciated.

Thank you kindly.


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Old 02-03-2005, 07:32 PM
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Old 02-03-2005, 09:46 PM
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Interesting question re a pre-N card with external antenna connector --
doesn't pre-N MIMO work on the principle of having multiple internal radios
? So wouldn't such a card need, say, three external connectors? (not
likely to happen in a PC Card format!)

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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Looking for a new WPA-ready PC Card wireless NIC for 802.11g, a card with
> an external antenna(s) or which supports them. A 'pre-N' card would be
> preferred, as would a card which uses less CPU than others.
>
> It's for use in a Fujitsu subnotebook, the Lifebook P1032, runing XP Spack
> 2. Its primary use will be away from hotspots in remote areas, for
> disaster relief work, and will be attached to a coffee-can waveguide or
> Yagi antenna for extra range. The existing Linksys WPC54G works OK, but
> has no external antenna jack, so I will move that card to another notebook
> which will stay close to home.
>
> Your on-topic assistance is appreciated.
>
> Thank you kindly.
>
>
> --
> John Bartley K7AAY http://celdata.cjb.net
> This post quad-ROT-13 encrypted; reading it violates the DMCA.
> rm -rf /bin/laden && newfs -m 99 /dev/iraq (Douglas Palmer)



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Old 02-04-2005, 02:48 PM
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[This followup was posted to alt.internet.wireless and a copy was sent
to the cited author.]

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> Looking for a new WPA-ready PC Card wireless NIC for 802.11g, a card with
> an external antenna(s) or which supports them. A 'pre-N' card would be
> preferred, as would a card which uses less CPU than others.


I've got a similar need, and while I haven't tried it yet, I just found
a Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A card that sort of fits:

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/...p?productid=32
&categoryid=7

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Old 02-04-2005, 07:23 PM
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, "Paul" <paule-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Interesting question re a pre-N card with external antenna connector --
>doesn't pre-N MIMO work on the principle of having multiple internal radios
>? So wouldn't such a card need, say, three external connectors? (not
>likely to happen in a PC Card format!)



There's room if they use the same size connector as my Sierra Wireless GPRS
card uses.




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