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On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I travel with a USB wifi dongle and one of these directional antennas: |
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> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110 |
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> Lately I've noticed there are some APs that my laptop's internal wifi |
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> connects to perfectly, but the external antenna can't find whatsoever, |
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> even after a lot of directional experimentation. I've tried 2 |
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> different USB dongles with the same result. Has anyone had a similar |
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> experience? I'm baffled because the external antenna is able to make |
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> strong connections to some APs, but it can't even find others that the |
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> laptop's internal card finds and connects to no problem. |
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A lot of laptops now have wireless antennas in the display, so the |
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internal wifi may be using better antennae than you expect. |
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