seaverd wrote: > I am looking for a wifi adapter that has an external antenna for better > reception for my portable picoreplayer in our backyard. I looked > through the wifi adapter listing on the picoreplayer google site and > only found one adapter that had an external antenna that was listed as > working. It is a recent addition to the list: > > 06-13-2014 LB-Link BL-LW05-AR5150mps 5dbi antenna Working 1.16 > > My concern is that this is a brand I have never heard of and am > concerned about durability as it does not appear to have a SMA > connector. I would love to find an adapter that works that has a SMA > connector for the antenna as I would like to build an enclose for my > player and this would be convenient....something like this: > http://http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166056 > > According to reviews...people have indicated that it uses the RTL8191SU > chipset. Does anyone know if picoreplayer will support this chipset? > If not can anyone recommend a USB adapter that has an external antenna > with an SMA connector. > > Thank you in advance for your suggestions! > > Dan Hi Dan,
So I got a little curious and tried moving my RPI around the house and outside at the end of my pool. I connected it to my Xfinity router and my Trendnet, both on the first floor of my home, but at different ends. For some reason when I tried to switch from any other SSID to XFINITY, I had to reboot the RPI. I coud switch from any other SSID including XFINITYWIFI, but not XFINITY. Anyway, below are the results I got. Just to give you an idea, I live in a 2300 sq ft Colonial style home. It's probably 34 linear feet from the xfinity router to the floor below where the RPI was for the diagonal test. I have no idea what the angle is to calculate the footage. There are 3 wireless routers in my house and anywhere from 5 to 15 wireless devices running at any time and lots of other RI from lots of sources. I know this isn't very technical, but it may give you an idea if the LB-Link BL-LW05-AR5 will work for you. Howard See attachment +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: wireless.txt | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16113| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Can I go home now? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97803 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
