Wifi External Antenna

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cakos · #1 Post by **cakos** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:13 am

Is there a builtin externa antenna plug on the T serie?
I know there is the extra super mega antenna builtin thing, but can I plug (and bypass those) an external one?

Steve007 · #2 Post by **Steve007** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:25 am

cakos wrote:Is there a builtin externa antenna plug on the T serie?
I know there is the extra super mega antenna builtin thing, but can I plug (and bypass those) an external one?

The internal antenna is superb. If you plan to "bypass" this for a crappy external one built into a PCMCIA card I hope they recapture you quickly and put you back inside the asylum before someone gets hurt

cakos · #3 Post by **cakos** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:30 am

I didnot say the internal antenna is not cool.
I want to have an external antenna for outdoor better reception....espcially if my TP is in a box.

JHEM · #4 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:14 am

cakos wrote:Is there a builtin externa antenna plug on the T serie?

No.

Regards,

James

Plinkerton · #5 Post by **Plinkerton** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:37 pm

Gotta love James's replies... Haha...

The internal intenna is indeed great though.

pete0r · #6 Post by **pete0r** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:15 pm

i wish there was...

wardriving++

JHEM · #7 Post by **JHEM** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:50 pm

pete0r wrote:wardriving++

Orinoco classic gold!

Regards,

James

MadeInJapan · #8 Post by **MadeInJapan** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:55 pm

If you're really wanting to get spiffy, get a Yagi Antenna with a pigtail to an access point, and then use your ThinkPad with wireless antenna to connect wirelessly to the Access Point. This works especially well if you're trying to capture a wireless connection that is up to a mile away. There are different types of these...you can check them out on eBay. By the way, I bought an Access Point for less than $20 (eBay!) the other day (shipping included) made by a company called TecNew and it works great! Found that the coaxial pigtail from my Yagi fits it...originally configured to fit a D-Link! A guy down the hill from me runs a restaurant with a wireless cafe...I can easily connect to his free internet access this way but couldn't just with my ThinkPad. FCC rules say this is perfectly legal too!

cakos · #9 Post by **cakos** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 12:31 am

well I guess the only to plug an external antenna to my T42p is to buy a WLAN PCCARD....

Maybe I could make a hole in the mini PCI INTEL Wifi slot?!!

ziggetty · #10 Post by **ziggetty** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:14 pm

RECEPTION is the word. connecting to my combined adsl/router is not a problem. But if i want to connect to the company network at the other side of the street, then the internal antenna is a NOGO. therefor i use a linksys wusb54g which connects to the USB port.

although for that the reply from madeinjapan triggered some thoughts.
But i don't have it working (yet). from my TP to the accesspoint and then further to the officenetwork. probably overlooking something in configuration

aleung · #11 Post by **aleung** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 3:02 am

when he mention external antenna. all i can think of is wardriving

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