Which is the Best CHEAP PC CARD which accepts external antenna? Which antenna to use?

GOAL:
I'm always on the 23-28th floor of my hotel in Manhattan. I can log on
to various networks right outside the hotel for free but from my room
the signal is not very strong or disappears. I don't want to have to
sit outside my hotel on the sidewalk anymore.

Which is the Best CHEAP PC CARD which accepts external antenna and
where to find it?
Is a pigtail needed? Which Antenna should I get. I guess I will have
to disable the Centrino/TrueMobile stuff in the BIOS of my Dell
Latitude D400?

TIA
Arawak

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> Which is the Best CHEAP PC CARD which accepts external antenna and
> where to find it?
> Is a pigtail needed? Which Antenna should I get. I guess I will have
> to disable the Centrino/TrueMobile stuff in the BIOS of my Dell
> Latitude D400?

U dont need to disable it, but there may apear problems if your computer
trys to use 2 wireless lan @ same time, so beter disable it FIRST
about the card, at about 50$ are orinoco (avaya/lucent/dell), there are also
other cards at comparable price, so IMVHO best choice is oronoco
yes U need pigtail (MCCARD 2 N probably-depends of antena) (about 15-20$)
which can be 1feet or 8-9feet (30cm or 2,5m)
and of course antena (5dBi will be enought for U I suppose) I ve no idea
about it's prices in US


bolo

Is there a site that lists the various brand names used for Senao and
the Orinoco cards which have external antenna connectors? Does anyone
here know?

TIA

On Sun, 10 Aug 2003 13:32:20 -0700, Arawak <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>GOAL:
>I'm always on the 23-28th floor of my hotel in Manhattan. I can log on
>to various networks right outside the hotel for free but from my room
>the signal is not very strong or disappears. I don't want to have to
>sit outside my hotel on the sidewalk anymore.
>
>Which is the Best CHEAP PC CARD which accepts external antenna and
>where to find it?
>Is a pigtail needed? Which Antenna should I get. I guess I will have
>to disable the Centrino/TrueMobile stuff in the BIOS of my Dell
>Latitude D400?
>
>TIA
>Arawak

Yes. I've tried walking from one end of the floor to the other, back
and forth, wall to wall, omni-directional. Was able to log on a couple
of times but lost the signal within a few minutes. I have a Linksys
USB adapter but I don't see how that would help since the range would
be the same without a signal extender of some sort.

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:54:32 +0200, "Jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Hi Arawak.
>
>> I'm always on the 23-28th floor of my hotel in Manhattan. I can log on
>> to various networks right outside the hotel for free but from my room
>> the signal is not very strong or disappears. I don't want to have to
>> sit outside my hotel on the sidewalk anymore.
>
>Have you tried to log on at the window of your room (100m above ground).
>If this is possible I recommend a wireless USB-Adapter.
>
>Jimmy

Hi again!

What a pity, the skyscrapers in Manhattan are much to high!

I'm sorry, I have no experience with wireless PC-Cards and
external antennas.

I only found this:

http://home.earthlink.net/~wifi-shootout/

That means it is possible!

Jimmy

What's about changing to a lower floor?

"Arawak" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes. I've tried walking from one end of the floor to the other, back
> and forth, wall to wall, omni-directional. Was able to log on a couple
> of times but lost the signal within a few minutes. I have a Linksys
> USB adapter but I don't see how that would help since the range would
> be the same without a signal extender of some sort.
>
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:54:32 +0200, "Jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Hi Arawak.
> >
> >> I'm always on the 23-28th floor of my hotel in Manhattan. I can log on
> >> to various networks right outside the hotel for free but from my room
> >> the signal is not very strong or disappears. I don't want to have to
> >> sit outside my hotel on the sidewalk anymore.
> >
> >Have you tried to log on at the window of your room (100m above ground).
> >If this is possible I recommend a wireless USB-Adapter.
> >
> >Jimmy
>

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3710

buy it now for 28.00!!!


"Jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bh8p4f$vrr9h$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi again!
>
> What a pity, the skyscrapers in Manhattan are much to high!
>
> I'm sorry, I have no experience with wireless PC-Cards and
> external antennas.
>
> I only found this:
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~wifi-shootout/
>
> That means it is possible!
>
> Jimmy
>
> What's about changing to a lower floor?
>
> "Arawak" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Yes. I've tried walking from one end of the floor to the other, back
> > and forth, wall to wall, omni-directional. Was able to log on a couple
> > of times but lost the signal within a few minutes. I have a Linksys
> > USB adapter but I don't see how that would help since the range would
> > be the same without a signal extender of some sort.
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:54:32 +0200, "Jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Hi Arawak.
> > >
> > >> I'm always on the 23-28th floor of my hotel in Manhattan. I can log
on
> > >> to various networks right outside the hotel for free but from my room
> > >> the signal is not very strong or disappears. I don't want to have to
> > >> sit outside my hotel on the sidewalk anymore.
> > >
> > >Have you tried to log on at the window of your room (100m above
ground).
> > >If this is possible I recommend a wireless USB-Adapter.
> > >
> > >Jimmy
> >
>


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AP's aren't designed to project signal upwards, least of all trough all the
floors.
If you lucky you an antenna hanging out of the window might work..
Regards,
Martin

Good price. I just got a new one from Dell for double that. Then a couple
hex edits to the orinoco software/firmware
so it looks for the dell branding and it's got Orinoco firmware/software.

On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:52:42 GMT, TECH305 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3710
>
> buy it now for 28.00!!!
>
>
> "Jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bh8p4f$vrr9h$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi again!
>>
>> What a pity, the skyscrapers in Manhattan are much to high!
>>
>> I'm sorry, I have no experience with wireless PC-Cards and
>> external antennas.
>>
>> I only found this:
>>
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~wifi-shootout/
>>
>> That means it is possible!
>>
>> Jimmy
>>
>> What's about changing to a lower floor?
>>
>> "Arawak" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Yes. I've tried walking from one end of the floor to the other, back
>> > and forth, wall to wall, omni-directional. Was able to log on a couple
>> > of times but lost the signal within a few minutes. I have a Linksys
>> > USB adapter but I don't see how that would help since the range would
>> > be the same without a signal extender of some sort.
>> >
>> > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:54:32 +0200, "Jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >Hi Arawak.
>> > >
>> > >> I'm always on the 23-28th floor of my hotel in Manhattan. I can log
> on
>> > >> to various networks right outside the hotel for free but from my
>> room
>> > >> the signal is not very strong or disappears. I don't want to have
>> to
>> > >> sit outside my hotel on the sidewalk anymore.
>> > >
>> > >Have you tried to log on at the window of your room (100m above
> ground).
>> > >If this is possible I recommend a wireless USB-Adapter.
>> > >
>> > >Jimmy
>> >
>>
>
>
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