Ext Antenna Connection

04-08-2002

I have an IBM card that I believe is similar to the Orinico Silver card. Does anyone have a step-by-step direction on how to attach an external antenna, either for home or for wardriveing? What is a pigtail and do I ALWAYS need it for antenna connection? Thanks.

04-08-2002

The IBM card is just a rebranded Orinoco card. It Does have an external antenna jack. The jack is on the side of the card and has a cover on it.... the hole for the jack itself is about is big around as a pencil lead. You can prolly pull the cover off with your fingernail or a pair of tweezers or something.

As for pigtails...
They allow you to use an external antenna. The orinoco cards use a propietary antenna jack so you have to buy a pigtail for your card. These can be purchased from www.fab-corp.com as well as the antennas or you can make your own antenna.

http://www.fab-corp.com/K1.htm is the page for the pigtails....bout half way down the page you'll see the orinoco male & femail pigtail. Most people get the male pigtale b/c most antennas have a female end.

You do not HAVE to have an external antenna, but for distance, it sure does help.

Have fun.

04-09-2002

Thanks sykojester for the info. That helps a lot since I didn't know what kind of connectors a pigtail should have.

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04-08-2002	#2 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	The IBM card is just a rebranded Orinoco card. It Does have an external antenna jack. The jack is on the side of the card and has a cover on it.... the hole for the jack itself is about is big around as a pencil lead. You can prolly pull the cover off with your fingernail or a pair of tweezers or something. As for pigtails... They allow you to use an external antenna. The orinoco cards use a propietary antenna jack so you have to buy a pigtail for your card. These can be purchased from www.fab-corp.com as well as the antennas or you can make your own antenna. http://www.fab-corp.com/K1.htm is the page for the pigtails....bout half way down the page you'll see the orinoco male & femail pigtail. Most people get the male pigtale b/c most antennas have a female end. You do not HAVE to have an external antenna, but for distance, it sure does help. Have fun.

04-09-2002	#3 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Thanks sykojester for the info. That helps a lot since I didn't know what kind of connectors a pigtail should have.