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twentydead · 06-27-2004

Hey

I have a large television antenna on my house--probably ~50-60ft off the ground. What I would like to do is use this as an antenna for me and my friends (neighbors) dsl/network. For a while we've been running cat5 between are houses but we would like to go wireless. I currently have an Orinoco PCMCIA card in my laptop. I've been told there is a Coax-pcmcia card adapter available but I havnt been able to find it. The antenna is about 100ft from the AP, straight line of site despite a wall or two.

My plans (what I'd like to do anyway) is use the coax cable thats running from my antenna into my house and use it to plug into my Orinoco card OR buy a 2.4GHz 5dBi Desktop Omni Antenna for the inside of my house/computer room. Thanks!

-Mike

06-27-2004	#1 (permalink)
twentydead Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Modesto, California Posts: 3	How can I use TV antenna for my wireless? Hey I have a large television antenna on my house--probably ~50-60ft off the ground. What I would like to do is use this as an antenna for me and my friends (neighbors) dsl/network. For a while we've been running cat5 between are houses but we would like to go wireless. I currently have an Orinoco PCMCIA card in my laptop. I've been told there is a Coax-pcmcia card adapter available but I havnt been able to find it. The antenna is about 100ft from the AP, straight line of site despite a wall or two. My plans (what I'd like to do anyway) is use the coax cable thats running from my antenna into my house and use it to plug into my Orinoco card OR buy a 2.4GHz 5dBi Desktop Omni Antenna for the inside of my house/computer room. Thanks! -Mike Last edited by twentydead : 06-27-2004 at 04:31 PM.