[kismac] Re: Adding an External Antenna to DWL-122
- From: themacuser <themacuser@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: kismac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 12:30:23 +0930
A lot of high gain antennas are N-type - I'd recommend it.
Whatever you do, make your own cantenna. Buying one is plain stupid :)
On 12/05/2006, at 8:23 PM, SG wrote:
Hi, thanks for your answer Devnullian (wink wink ;) ).
I'm thinking about using a cantenna at first, but possibly a decent
omni later if needed. Is there any difference in signal loss
between the different connections? Why would you recommend an N-
type for wardrinving over rp-sma? Wouldn't you have to use an N to
N pigtail instead of an N to RP-SMA pigtail anyway?
SG
devnullian@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hi there, sub genius (wink). I modded my DWL-122 to have an N
type connector so I can hook it up to some heavier-duty
antennas. For your project, it depends on what kind of external
antenna you want to add. If you want to add a standard AP type
antenna (like you get on a linksys or whatever SOHO AP), I think
rp-sma would be good (but double-check, I haven't done this one
myself). If, instead, you want to hook up wardriving magnetic
mount antennas, parabolic/yagi directionals, and/or large
commercial grade omnis, you should install an N connector. If
you want flexibility, you could install an rp-sma and use a
pigtail with rp-sma and N connectors to connect to the more "hard-
core" type antennas. Maybe a look at fab-corp.com would help you
decide what you want to do... Good luck!
Devnullian
On May 9, 2006, at 3:00 PM, SG wrote:
I'd like to add an external antenna jack to the DWL-122 USB
wireless adapter. Does anyone know which jack I should add? I
was thinking about female RP-SMA, would this be a good choice?
I'm not too familiar with the various antenna connections.
Thanks in advance...
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