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Outdoor Wireless Cards

SouperComputer · 2003-07-05 11:01:39

is it true that for outdoor use, a wireless NIC has to have an aerial? didint think it would make a difference, surely wireless is wireless. the card in question is a 22mb US robotiics

05-07-2003 12:01pm

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is it true that for outdoor use, a wireless NIC has to have an aerial?

didint think it would make a difference, surely wireless is wireless. the card in question is a 22mb US robotiics

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#2 05-07-2003 12:34pm

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Depends on how far you want to make the link. Antenas can be used to boost the transmit and recive power of a card, focus the transmissons in specfic directions, broadcast them in all directions etc....

You dont absoutly have to use one but in some cases u may not make a link without one....

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