+c88m Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 Ok what type of card should I use for wireless access ? There are alot of different types wireless cards , I have a slot in the side of the laptop (PCI I believe) . Next how to configure when I do get one (win XP) and any other misc info I might need . Thanks all in advance for your help . Quote Link to comment
+D0T-C0M Posted May 28, 2005 Share Posted May 28, 2005 not sure if you posted in the right forum, but I would recommend the Orinoco Gold b/g card (pn# 8470-WD) it is compatible with every OS and is one of the top rated cards on the net. This particular card comes with a external antenna jack if you ever want to connect an external high gain antenna. Quote Link to comment
flir67 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 look at the wattage or milliwattage of the output of the card. get one that has wireless a/b/g on it and has 200mw of broadcast power. just make sure your laptop bios will recongize it. some bioses won't recongize them right. good luck Quote Link to comment
+Kllr Wolf Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 I usually get D-link wireless stuff. With their cards and access points combined I get higher than with any other combo. the D-link card does also connect with otehr brands of access points and you get the performace that is the same as any other card. Quote Link to comment
+ibycus Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Ok what type of card should I use for wireless access ? There are alot of different types wireless cards , I have a slot in the side of the laptop (PCI I believe) . Next how to configure when I do get one (win XP) and any other misc info I might need . Thanks all in advance for your help . That'd be PCMCIA (aka PC Card). PCI is what desktop computers generally take. Some computers have a mini-PCI slot in them but that generally requires some disassembly of the laptop to access. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 If you just need something that works good enough, go pick up a linksys at Walmart. It has a cd for setup, but really XP is designed to handle most issues. No real trick to it. Quote Link to comment
+EScout Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 not sure if you posted in the right forum, but I would recommend the Orinoco Gold b/g card (pn# 8470-WD) it is compatible with every OS and is one of the top rated cards on the net. This particular card comes with a external antenna jack if you ever want to connect an external high gain antenna. Someone demonstrated to me what can be done with the external antenna. He hooked up a high-gain antenna (in a white radom, about 1.5 feet long) and pointed it at an access point over a mile away, and promptly got access. Quote Link to comment
+Cheminer Will Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 not sure if you posted in the right forum, but I would recommend the Orinoco Gold b/g card (pn# 8470-WD) it is compatible with every OS and is one of the top rated cards on the net. This particular card comes with a external antenna jack if you ever want to connect an external high gain antenna. Someone demonstrated to me what can be done with the external antenna. He hooked up a high-gain antenna (in a white radom, about 1.5 feet long) and pointed it at an access point over a mile away, and promptly got access. Do you mean you can just plug in an external antenna and increase your reception form a few hundred feet to a mile? Quote Link to comment
+EScout Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Do you mean you can just plug in an external antenna and increase your reception form a few hundred feet to a mile? This was in a location with nothing between the two points but air. You have to be in the clear. Buildings, and trees will block the signal. He had a program with a signal strength detector and slowly moved the antenna. This is a very high gain antenna, probably over 15dBi (this means that it has a very narrow capture width. It has to be pointed exactly right on.) It has to be on a stable tripod mount. He is an experienced Ham radio operator that plays with microwave communications. He demonstrated a radio he built that uses lasers instead of radio waves. Quote Link to comment
Hoary Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Someone demonstrated to me what can be done with the external antenna. He hooked up a high-gain antenna (in a white radom, about 1.5 feet long) and pointed it at an access point over a mile away, and promptly got access. Do you mean you can just plug in an external antenna and increase your reception form a few hundred feet to a mile? I used to work for company - wireless ISP. With Aironet (now part of Cisco) cards and 24 dBi parabolic antennas we had (and they still have) link on ~20 miles between two 12-stories buildings. No amplifiers. Quote Link to comment
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