Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [wildly OT]advice for a wireless antenna?

[Grant]

> > >  Sorry, I don't see how firmware can affect sensitivity. I've
> > >  been involved in writing firmware for RF data communications
> > >  stuff for a long time, and I've certainly never been able to
> > >  affect sensitivity.
> > >
> >
> > I can say that I was really struggling to get a reliable wireless
> > connection with the rt2x00 device and Hawking external antenna
> > anywhere in my garage.  I tried the madwifi device attached to the
> > same Hawking antenna and the difference was ridiculous.  I got a
> > perfectly reliable signal from the back of the garage, the point
> > furthest from the signal's source.
> >
> > Now that I think about it, I could have enabled outdoor mode for
> > madwifi, but I can't check it right now.  Could that account for the
> > difference?
> >
>
>  What's madwifi outdoor mode? I googled but I can't find some readable
> information.

The only "info" I have is from /etc/conf.d/ath_pci:

# outdoor:      Enable/disable outdoor use
# countrycode:  Override default country code
options ath_pci outdoor=1 countrycode=0

Now that I look at that, the sensitivity difference could also be due
to my unsetting the country code.

- Grant
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