Re: totally amateur question: How to attach an antenna to my laptop?

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:33:05 -0500, pau
<pau.33nq26@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote:

>I have a thinkpad T40 running OpenBSD and live in a small, nice city
>close to Barcelona whose city hall offers free wifi Internet to
>everybody.
>
>Unfortunately they do not have a good coverage and where my building
>is, I don't get any signal. The card is identified by OpenBSD as ath0,
>which means it's Atheros.
(...)

See:
<http://repair4laptop.org/wireless_lan_antennae.html>
which list a variety of methods of adding external antennas.
Unfortunately, there's nothing specific for the T40, although some of
the other installations may give you some ideas.

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