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