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Originally posted by blackwave
The ORiNOCO Gold card has an internal antenna and an antenna jack for the use of an external antenna via pigtail. You can use either but not both at the same time.
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Actually - based on my test - which was to just connect the pigtail without an antenna - it would appear that connecting an external antenna does not disconnect the internal one.
I would have expected to see a sharp drop in signal strength if the internal was being switched out when the pigtail was plugged in, and then an increase when the external antenna was attached to the N-male.
What I actually observed was no change with the pigtail alone connected and an increase when the antenna was added.
This suggests that normal operation with an external is to have both connected simultaneously.