Date: 22 Feb 2004 11:59:09 +0100 From: Marten <mvnrelay@xs4all.nl> To: Richard Letts <richard@illuin.org> Cc: mob <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: weak signal Message-ID: <1077447549.860.10.camel@amd> In-Reply-To: <20040222012950.S51595@hobbiton.illuin.org> References: <20040222062357.20054.qmail@restricted.dyndns.org> <20040222012950.S51595@hobbiton.illuin.org>
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On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 08:33, Richard Letts wrote: > On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Neil Camara wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > > > I am using Netgear MA311 PCI card on FreeBSD as my access point. It's down > > in my basement. I am only getting 2 bars in my workstation situated in 1st > > floor. Is there a way to make the signal much more stronger? > > I picked up an external Omnidirection antenna from Frys last weekend for > my MA311 for about $30. I think it was a SMC or LynkSys, either way it > sits on top of my freeBSD box instead of burried in the tangle of wires at > the back and I get quite a lot more signal to the tivo box, and our > laptops. hi The site http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/Client_5fAdapters_5f802_5f11b says it has an reversepolarity sma connector, With a pigtail it is very easy to make a bi-quad antenna like: http://www.wlan.org.uk/simple_double_quad.gif http://martybugs.net/wireless/biquad/ or this very simple solution? (not tested :) ) http://osiris.urbanna.net/antenna_designs/projects/template/ more antennas: http://wiki.wirelessleiden.nl/wcl/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/RadioAntenne About the phone, if it does channel hopping, don't use it. With netstumbler / dstumbler / kismet your can see where the noise from the the phone is. Marten > > /RjL > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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