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>>> That's a good idea, but I'm actually able to pick up the difficult |
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>>> AP's with the same dongle when its normal omnidirectional antenna is |
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>>> attached instead of the strong directional one. Could a failing |
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>>> antenna exhibit this behavior? |
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>> I'm extremely sceptical of these cheap external aerials. |
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> The one to which the OP provided a link isn't that cheap ($50) |
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> and gets universally excellent reviews. My testing indicates |
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> that it does indeed provide something on the order of the |
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> claimed 15dBi gain. It's performance is very close to that of a |
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> well-built double-biquad reflector: both show 10-12dB increases |
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> over a stock 3dB "whip" when I tested them with various bits of |
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> HW (a USB WiFi dongle, two different brands of WAP). |
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> That said, the cable on the Hawking unit is pretty flimsy -- |
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> and hence probably is rather vulnerable to both electrical |
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> noise or physical abuse. It probably wouldn't take much of a |
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> pinch or kink to cause problems. |
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That could definitely be the case. This thing has traveled. |
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- Grant |
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