Re: Wireless PCI card recommendation needed

2007-03-10 Thread Ed D.
> Thomas Mullins wrote: > > We are going to build a wireless network using OpenBSD. I have looked > > at http://www.openbsd.com/i386.html#hardware to see the supported > > wireless PCI cards. Could someone please recommend an 802.11g card that > > has a stronger transmit power? Or another card t

Re: Wireless PCI card recommendation needed

2007-03-09 Thread Han Boetes
Is this an idea? http://www.tritium.co.uk/ # Han

Re: Wireless PCI card recommendation needed

2007-03-09 Thread Paul Pruett
If you can't find a card with the transmit power you want, you may be able to get the range you're looking for from antenna gain and type. Here is some info if you go the antenna route to improve gain. Note a directional antenna is the best, but then you have to be pointing in the direction..

Re: Wireless PCI card recommendation needed

2007-03-08 Thread Kevin Cheng
Steve is right that it would produce stable TX/RS by using higher gain antenna. Usually a reliable/stable range for TX of 11g would be 1 miles or few kilo, or it could be up / down. A higher power prism 802.11b would be more reliable than 11g if further than such range. Prism 2.5 chipset with 20

Re: Wireless PCI card recommendation needed

2007-03-08 Thread Steve Shockley
Thomas Mullins wrote: We are going to build a wireless network using OpenBSD. I have looked at http://www.openbsd.com/i386.html#hardware to see the supported wireless PCI cards. Could someone please recommend an 802.11g card that has a stronger transmit power? Or another card they have had goo

Re: Wireless PCI card recommendation needed

2007-03-08 Thread Kevin Cheng
ay, March 09, 2007 12:23 AM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Wireless PCI card recommendation needed > > We are going to build a wireless network using OpenBSD. I have looked > at http://www.openbsd.com/i386.html#hardware to see the supported > wireless PCI cards. Cou

Re: Wireless PCI card recommendation needed

2007-03-08 Thread Jason Beaudoin
Could someone please recommend an 802.11g card that as a stronger transmit power? Or another card they have had good success with? I use an orinoco card in my laptop..works wonderfully. Under linux the madwifi driver is used, wi0 in OpenBSD. I know you're looking for a pci card; I would look fo

Wireless PCI card recommendation needed

2007-03-08 Thread Thomas Mullins
We are going to build a wireless network using OpenBSD. I have looked at http://www.openbsd.com/i386.html#hardware to see the supported wireless PCI cards. Could someone please recommend an 802.11g card that has a stronger transmit power? Or another card they have had good success with? Sha