Recommendations for Card and Range Extender...Orinoco?

MatP3 · 04-23-2002

So, I've been reading NetStumbler all day about which Network card, and which antenna to get for my laptop.

I'm pretty much settled on the Orinoco Gold PCMCIA card, and some kind of range extender. I'll be carrying it around in my laptop bag alot, so I was thinking that a mag mount one wouldn't be good. I'll mostly use this at work (with our apple airport) and at school in the Engineering Labs there. The AP i'll be connecting to is in a nother room...so the extender will be a must.

So...the real question is...which one? I'm thinking of the Orinoco (Lucent) range extender...but I see a few different models, depending on where I look. I see a 2.5dbi one, and a 5dbi one.

Can anyone shed some light on this? I probably won't be ever using this in my car.

MatP3

outcast_one · 04-23-2002

It is a 5dbi antenna, with a 1.5 meter cable which has a 2.5dbi loss for a total combined gain of 2.5dbi. There is only one range extender antenna. Have a look at whats inside:

http://devices.planet-wireless.de/reant/index.html

Astrogoth · 04-26-2002

Try this to eliminate coax loss: Get a USB Orinoco and use the 15 foot USB cable to extend the antenna/card to wherever you need it. If you must use a directional antenna just connect the pigtail from the antenna straight to the card.

Very low loss.

tulse_luper · 04-26-2002

i've been using the blade 4.5 db omni available from fabcorp with good results. it's about 6 inches long and velcros/sticky-tapes nicely to the back of my laptop. they'll even include the correct end for the lucent gold card, so there's no hassle with pigtails and whatnot.

tulse

04-23-2002	#1 (permalink)
MatP3 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 1	Recommendations for Card and Range Extender...Orinoco? So, I've been reading NetStumbler all day about which Network card, and which antenna to get for my laptop. I'm pretty much settled on the Orinoco Gold PCMCIA card, and some kind of range extender. I'll be carrying it around in my laptop bag alot, so I was thinking that a mag mount one wouldn't be good. I'll mostly use this at work (with our apple airport) and at school in the Engineering Labs there. The AP i'll be connecting to is in a nother room...so the extender will be a must. So...the real question is...which one? I'm thinking of the Orinoco (Lucent) range extender...but I see a few different models, depending on where I look. I see a 2.5dbi one, and a 5dbi one. Can anyone shed some light on this? I probably won't be ever using this in my car. MatP3

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outcast_one cut/hack/modify Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: MA USA Posts: 30	lucent range extender It is a 5dbi antenna, with a 1.5 meter cable which has a 2.5dbi loss for a total combined gain of 2.5dbi. There is only one range extender antenna. Have a look at whats inside: http://devices.planet-wireless.de/reant/index.html

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04-26-2002	#3 (permalink)
Astrogoth Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 21	Try this to eliminate coax loss: Get a USB Orinoco and use the 15 foot USB cable to extend the antenna/card to wherever you need it. If you must use a directional antenna just connect the pigtail from the antenna straight to the card. Very low loss.

04-26-2002	#4 (permalink)
tulse_luper Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 18	i've been using the blade 4.5 db omni available from fabcorp with good results. it's about 6 inches long and velcros/sticky-tapes nicely to the back of my laptop. they'll even include the correct end for the lucent gold card, so there's no hassle with pigtails and whatnot. tulse