Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 21:53:19 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Bob Johnson <bob89@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Driver for D-Link DWL-650 card? Message-ID: <200107160353.f6G3rJo30706@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:34:07 MDT." <4.3.2.7.2.20010712133218.0446ff00@localhost> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010712133218.0446ff00@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010712081345.04606810@localhost> <3B4DF92C.5040706@garbonzo.hos.ufl.edu>
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In message <4.3.2.7.2.20010712133218.0446ff00@localhost> Brett Glass writes: : At 01:31 PM 7/12/2001, Bob Johnson wrote: : : >There is a caveat that I forgot to mention: it doesn't seem to have as : >much range as advertised, but the problem may be my access point. : : Someone else mentioned that earlier. It could be the antenna, which is : oddly shaped. Is there an easy way to plug in an alternate antenna? I : hear that Orinoco cards get better range if you put on a short whip : antenna; maybe this one does too. With orinoco cards, there's a plug for an external antenna. With the D-links there isn't. You get the antenna you get. That said., I've not had problemswith range. But I usualy don't get more than 100' from my base station. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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