Jeff, You're correct that Radio Shack RG-58 isn't going to cut it - too much loss. Find someone (perhaps on this list) who will sell you a length of Times Microwave LMR-400 and two connectors. In bulk (500 ft) this coax cost between 40 and 50 cents per foot so a 30-ft length will run around $15. The connectors run around $6 each. Your total costs will be: Antenna (say a 12 dBi panel) about $50. Coax about $27 Pigtail (to connect card to coax) about $25. Total is about $102. If you want to reduce the costs further (and if you have the time) consider building a Pringles Can antenna instead of buying the panel antenna.
jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This could be a stupid question. Read on a lemme know. > > I've got a 802.11b card (orinoco), and there's a node not too far from me, > but I'm far enough away that my card's internal antenna isn't seeing it. > I'd like to place an antenna outside my window, which is about 30 feet > from my PC. My limited RF experience wants to say that my Radio Shack > RG-58 coax isn't going to cut it for 30' at 2.4GHz. > > My goal is to have *this* card in my desktop PC be my primary transceiver; > that is, I don't want to place an AP near my window, or a USB adapter w/ a > long USB cable, or even a surrogate PC with this card in it. > > Given all that, the only info I've been able to find suggests I'm going to > need some pricey cable to do this, which I'll end up spending $150 for. > Yes? No? So here's my question: What is the most cost-effective way of > doing what I'm trying to do? > > Thanks, > Jeff > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- Jack Unger, President-Wireless InfoNet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 818 227-4220 Vendor-Neutral WISP Training - http://www.ask-wi.com/2002workshops Author - "Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1587050692/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
