"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:08:27 -0400, "Zeppo" <zeppo_m@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Just had a thought... Could I connect a coax cable to the back of the PCI
>>card and run it along the wall to the opposite corner of the bedroom and
>>connect the antenna and the other end near the door? Would I get a lot of
>>signal loss through the cable?
>
> No. Far too much loss over the distance. Also, if you can run coax,
> you can also run CAT5 cable.
>
> However PCI card radios have their antennas located in the worst
> possible place. It's behind a metal shield (computer case), near the
> floor, and in the middle of a tangle of cables behind the machine. An
> external panel, patch, or biquad antenna close to the desktop might
> help. They usually come with < 3ft of coax which is tolerable.
>
>
>
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I solved my wireless range problem yesterday. I'm 500' from the WRT54g
located in the main building. There are steel containers (the ones used for
overseas shipping) stacked 2 high and 3 deep between my office and the
router. Netstumbler could "see" the router but the signal was nowhere near
enough to connect. So I went to BestBuy to purchase an outdoor antenna.
There is no such device at my BestBuy. The geek squad guy says get these
7db gain Linksys antennas to replace on the router, and if they don't help
just bring them back. ok. I also saw a Linksys PCI card with SRX. (I have
a desktop in the outbuilding and was trying to use my USB-G adapter that I
use with my 3 year old laptop) So I bought one of them also. Went from
a -89db signal to -60db and can connect now.

alien