802.11a card with external adapter?

[gary]

Yes, but that card does not have an internal antenna. The antenna sticks 
out beyond the cardbus holder. Otherwise, the SMC I suggested would do 
the job just fine, as would many other cards.

Maybe the original poster wanted a wifi card with integrated/embedded 
antenna (not internal to the card, but also can't be removed) that also 
had a RF connector for an external antenna.

Switching receive antennas isn't a big deal since the power is low. I 
don't know how well a card can switch a transmitter path.

Personally, I wouldn't want a card that had an antenna sticking out out 
all the time if I am going to connector a RF cable to it. The cable can 
put stress on the connection to the card. I rather have the stress go to 
  the edge of the card rather than a piece of plastic sticking out of 
the card. It isn't that hard to remove the antenna, though I suppose it 
is possible to lose it.

If you want to use netstumbler with this unusual internal/external 
switching scheme, you would need to make sure the driver can select the 
antenna independent of netstumber or whatever non-standard interface you 
are using.

Ryan Hodges wrote:
> Did about 2 minutes of googling and came across this:
> 
> http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?products_id=130
> 
> Specificly look at bottom line of the features:
> 
> ""External Antenna ready with Hirose Ms-147-C connector, bypass
> internal antenna""
> 
> If this were for a PC all you would need is a PCI to PCMCIA adpater card.
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/10/06, Frank <la at pasadena.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Unfortunatly, there is not a great selection of 802.11a cards. Most 
>> all of
>> them do not have an external connector at all.
>>
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > On Behalf Of gary
>> >
>> > But the ad says it requires an external antenna.
>> >
>> > Frank wrote:
>> > > Yes, here:
>> > > http://www.wlanparts.com/product/SRC
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Frank
>> > > http://www.unwiredadventures.com
>> > >
>>
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