Antenna Poll. Which antenna and why?

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Which antenna would you use and why?

WLAN (wireless N) Antenna
2
67%
WWAN Antenna
1
33%
 
Total votes: 3

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Antenna Poll. Which antenna and why?

#1 Post by Worzyl » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:41 am

Seeing as the LCD can only hold one antenna, it seems the choice are:

Wireless N (3 wire/extra coverage/more card options)

or

WWAN (2 wire with keyboard/more card options/extra coverage?)

If you HAD to choose one to put in, which would it be and why?
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Re: Antenna Poll. Which antenna and why?

#2 Post by Worzyl » Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:56 pm

Heh heh - there's over 20 views and only 2 votes?!?!
Come on people, don't be shy :D

To the 2 that voted - what are the reasons for your preferences?
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Re: Antenna Poll. Which antenna and why?

#3 Post by vinuneuro » Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:27 pm

Wireless N is pretty useless you do a lot of transfer over your network. My router happens to be N, but I haven't bothered upgrading my thinkpad or any other machine on the network because I don't need the extra speed. My internet connection tops out around 20mbps so G is just fine.

Do you actually plan on using WWAN?

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Re: Antenna Poll. Which antenna and why?

#4 Post by Worzyl » Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:45 pm

vinuneuro wrote:Wireless N is pretty useless you do a lot of transfer over your network. My router happens to be N, but I haven't bothered upgrading my thinkpad or any other machine on the network because I don't need the extra speed. My internet connection tops out around 20mbps so G is just fine.

Do you actually plan on using WWAN?
Ah..do you have WWAN?
I am going to install WWAN as I had situations when I've been in countries where the access for wifi has been limited. At at least with WWAN, I could have the option of getting a connection if I ever needed to, which means I could travel to other destinations without worrying if I can get online or not.
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Re: Antenna Poll. Which antenna and why?

#5 Post by sjthinkpader » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:01 pm

Worzyl wrote:Seeing as the LCD can only hold one antenna, it seems the choice are:
...
For T6x with N, there are 3 antennae for WiFi, 2 for WWAN, 1 BT, 1 wideband. There are antennae in all 4 sides of the LCD cover.
T60p 2623-DDU/UXGA IPS/ATI V5200
T60 2623-DCU/SXGA+ IPS/ATI X1400
T43p 2668-H8U/UXGA IPS/ATI V3200
R50p 1832-NU1/UXGA IPS/ATI FireGL T2
X61t 7762-B6U dual touch IPS/64GB SSD
X32 2673-BU6/32GB SSD
755CDV 9545-GBK Transmissive Projection LCD

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Re: Antenna Poll. Which antenna and why?

#6 Post by vinuneuro » Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:59 am

Worzyl wrote:
Ah..do you have WWAN?
I am going to install WWAN as I had situations when I've been in countries where the access for wifi has been limited. At at least with WWAN, I could have the option of getting a connection if I ever needed to, which means I could travel to other destinations without worrying if I can get online or not.
So do you actually need wifi N or not? Sounds like WWAN will be useful for you.

I do have WWAN in my T60 but have never used it.

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Re: Antenna Poll. Which antenna and why?

#7 Post by Worzyl » Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:33 am

vinuneuro wrote:
So do you actually need wifi N or not? Sounds like WWAN will be useful for you.

I do have WWAN in my T60 but have never used it.
At first, I thought of using the LCD slot for the N antenna, but I think that WWAN would probably be more useful.
T60p 2007-CT0 15" UXGA, ATI V5250, INTEL T7600, 3GB RAM, NMB Keyboard, HP Broadcom 4322AGN 802.11n Wireless Card, Sierra Wireless MC8775 WWAN, 250GB Momentus XT Hybrid drive

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