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Originally posted by Chris_Schear
At first look, it would appear the one 3970 was always the "slower" detector. Thoughts were that, perhaps, the built-in antenna on one card was just a little bet "better", what have you. However, additional tests have thrown that to the wind. Those same two 3970s failed to detect an access point (whose physical location I positively can confirm), and the previously believed "faster detector" was the slow man this time. "Ipaq A" is not always the fastest/slowest, etc.
Given the nature of the WL110 NICs, I'm weight should be given to what position the devices are being held, who is standing closer to any obstructions, and what battery power is available on each IPAQ. These are just thoughts, mind you, I have no data to support my theories.
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I don't have access to two 3970s, I've used a 3870 and a 3970. My impession is that the 3970 is always slower, than the 3870, if they are both picking up the same AP. Doesn't seem to matter about the card, (1 a silver, the other a gold), doesn't seem to matter about position, if the AP is in range. The 3870 seems to pick up more, and faster.
I have noticed that the 3970 seems to vary in it's slowness, sometimes being way slower, and at other times being almost as fast as the 3870.
I can't help but wonder if this has something to do with the 8 bit reads, problem the 3970 has with the PCMCIA pack.
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