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On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Grant Edwards <grante@××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 2008-05-10, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> I'm talking about the USB wireless adapter (I don't think I can |
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>>>> connect the antenna to my laptop directly), |
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>>>> not the passphrase key... |
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>>> Ah. I've got a Hawking HWUG1 USB WiFi adapter that works fine |
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>>> with Gentoo (I had to download driver source from somewhere). |
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>>> It's got an R-SMA connector for use with external antennas. |
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>> I've had good luck using these together: |
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>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164015 |
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> Yup, that's the one I have. That's a good price on it, too. |
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>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833164110 |
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> I've also got one of those antennas and it's exellent. It |
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> provides a little (1-2dB) more gain as my double-biquad |
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> reflector, but it's a lot cheaper (assuming your time is worth |
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> much), and a bit easier to use, since it will sit nicely on a |
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> table or windowsill. |
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Seems a nice combo, indeed. |
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A curiosity: by itself, the Hawking USB adapter has more or less |
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sensitivity than the simple Airport glued to my Macbook motherboard? |
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m. |
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