unixman Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I have a MacBook Pro with the built-in Airport Wi-Fi card, but have a large network across town that was difficult to access from the truck or some fixed sites. My MacBook Pro has no external antenna connector for me to connect an external antenna, amplifier or my 900 mHz converter (for NLOS access!). Further, the modern laptops now have an ExpressCard 34 slot instead of a PCMCIA adapter, so a PCMCIA Wi-Fi card won't work. Hawking Technologies has given a solution! And it works on the Intel Macs as well as PC's! http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/produc...&ProdID=302 And here is the driver for it: http://www.ralink.com.tw/drivers/Mac/RTUSB..._2006_11_10.dmg Now, what's it good for? Any place you don't have a good enough signal. Plug it into the USB port and use a USB extension cable to place it on a window sill, filing cabinet, etc. If you need to use an external antenna to get to a nearby building. If you need to use an AMPLIFIER. If you need (as I do!) to use a 900 mHz converter for NLOS long distance work from a couple of towns away. Now I've solved the problem of no external antenna connector on our laptops. Carumba! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35137-finally-usb-wi-fi-with-detachable-antenna/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Pleass post in the right place, Genius Bar is for TUTORIALS and HOWTOS, not for NEWS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35137-finally-usb-wi-fi-with-detachable-antenna/#findComment-249660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 If you need to use an external antenna to get to a nearby building. If you need to use an AMPLIFIER. If you need (as I do!) to use a 900 mHz converter for NLOS long distance work from a couple of towns away. So this is an external antenna connector...interesting. I'm curious, with your 900mhz converter, how far can you go while keeping a signal, and what other equipment needs to be set up? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35137-finally-usb-wi-fi-with-detachable-antenna/#findComment-249675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireshark Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLOS apparently Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35137-finally-usb-wi-fi-with-detachable-antenna/#findComment-249865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
unixman Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 So this is an external antenna connector...interesting.I'm curious, with your 900mhz converter, how far can you go while keeping a signal, and what other equipment needs to be set up? Here's the link to the 900 mHz equipment I'm using: http://www.rflinx.com/products/converters/900/ I use two of the 915UDX-1W radios. At 1W, I can get 25 kM LINE OF SIGHT, and 3-4 kM through foliage on a vector that would be line of sight without the foliage. That is using high gain yagi antennas on both ends. I'm about 40 kM south of Denver, where we can "see forever, almost." Your mileage may vary depending on terrain. Yes, I can go a bit farther on 2.4 gig, but NOT THROUGH FOLIAGE. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/35137-finally-usb-wi-fi-with-detachable-antenna/#findComment-249943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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