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Old 09-14-2008   #1 (permalink)
caligula9999
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Need USB wi-fi card w/ext. antenna connector

Can anyone recommend a USB wireless adapter card with external antenna
connector, for my rig? I'm running latest Ubuntu on a Presario F756NR.
The internal card has an Atheros chipset and, using MadWiFi drivers, I have been able to do pretty much anything I wanted except boost my gain.

So I'd like to find a good USB card for it. Will go $100 but want external antenna
port. Also, Prism or Hermes chipset support would be best.

Can anyone recommend a solution for this problem? The only way I know of to
boost gain is to couple an inductive cantenna to it and I have constructed one but
was unable to match it. Atheros won't tell me where the antenna is located, or
even the card, and I don't want to take this puppy apart just yet ....

thanks
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