Wireless card recommendations

[JimJ 11]

Hey all -

I'm looking for a wireless card that's reasonably priced that has an external antenna connector - I've got a 60cm dish doing nothing that would make a perfect Wifi link to the campus network, if I built a patch feed for it.

All the cards I've seen that do this and fit in laptops are over $100, anything cheaper out there?

Thanks.

[///M5 2,833]

Brilliant *gulps down a guinneas*

[///M5 2,833]

I assume you've looked into a USB one?

[JimJ 11]

Yeah...

Think I've found one that'll work...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Senao-Wireless-Laptop-...1QQcmdZViewItem

Ran the numbers, even with 50 feet of coaxial cable before the antenna, I'll only have a 3dB drop in signal level - and because the antenna should have 28dBi or so of gain, I should have a solid link to campus...it's only a few air miles. I'm on the third floor, so I have a nice LOS all around

[Eldorado 0]

As ugly as you are jim thats a cool idea

[///M5 2,833]

Glad you found something, I started a search to help but got severly distracted by an empty stomach. Makes me wish I lived closer to a city...oh, yah that's right I forgot I can use my neighbors wireless network anytime I want.

[Acidburn 10]

Yeah...

Think I've found one that'll work...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Senao-Wireless-Laptop-...1QQcmdZViewItem

Ran the numbers, even with 50 feet of coaxial cable before the antenna, I'll only have a 3dB drop in signal level - and because the antenna should have 28dBi or so of gain, I should have a solid link to campus...it's only a few air miles. I'm on the third floor, so I have a nice LOS all around

depending on which level my apartment for next year is on, we may be talking

only about 1.5 miles to campus for me

[///M5 2,833]

Not too far off topic, any thoughts on cheap antennas so I can move my Sirius receiver from car to truck?

[Jmac 24]

It's only a Wireless B card, though ...

[jntar 15]

http://www.compusa.com/products/products.a...ds&No=0&Ntk=All

[JimJ 11]

It's only a Wireless B card, though ...

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I can't seem to find anything that supports G and fits the requirements...

http://www.compusa.com/products/products.a...o=0&Ntk=All

Unfortunately, nothing in that link will work. Thanks anyway though...if I had a desktop, this wouldn't even be worthy of a question. Finding reasonably high power with an external antenna connection in a PCMCIA layout, however, isn't easy...