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Old 08-02-2002   #6 (permalink)
rogerRabbit
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To connect an external antenna, you should use a pigtail, if the antenna on your card will come off, correct?
If your card has a jack for an external antenna then the pigtail goes in there - no need to hack out the card's antenna.


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I have an AP, PCMCIA card in my laptop, what else do I need. Netstumbler?
Well I suppose it depends on what you want to do . . . but that should do for a start! (Assuming your PCMCIA card is NS-compliant, of course.)


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And where do I change the MAC address?
In the registry. You'll find the instructions here - try a 'Search'.


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And I need to put linux on my tiny hard drive now?
Only if you're a masochist.
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