Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:00:39 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Aidan Whyte <aidanwhyte@eircom.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 802.11a pcmcia cards Message-ID: <20050302010039.GA28884@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <00e001c51ec2$d6b17550$2201040a@moriarty> References: <00e001c51ec2$d6b17550$2201040a@moriarty>
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--0F1p//8PRICkK4MW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:57:42AM -0000, Aidan Whyte wrote: > Anyone know of any 802.11a (/ab/abg/ag/whatever) pcmcia cards that > have an external antenna connector? > > I've read that they're hard to find because most 802.11a cards use a > mix of 2 frequency bands to give more non-overlapping channels, but > the FCC doesn't allow one of those bands to be used for external use > so no equipment transmitting over that spectrum can have external > antenna connectors. I'm in Europe where this doesn't apply, but I > still can't find any card with an external antenna connector :o/ If > one was found that was known to work under freebsd that would be a big > bonus :o) I can't help you with a PCCard, but I've got a DLink AG PCI card with an external antenna (how else :) so that's not likely the real issue. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCJRA2XY6L6fI4GtQRApWoAJwP4PU/CezFdpwhe3gVykMpSdlD0QCgjbEE AwcRd2tqwWFHehEd32jolkQ= =BA7O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW--
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