ok I decided to get an orinoco card but looking at there website which would be the best one
http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/
looking at it ORiNOCO 11a/b/g ComboCard would be the best but can I hook up an external antenna to this.
as stated before I have no intention on hacking into peoples connection basically from point a to point b to see how many ap there are and howmany are secure/unsecure.