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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [wildly OT]advice for a wireless antenna?

b.n.

2008-05-12

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Grant ha scritto:
>> Sorry, I don't see how firmware can affect sensitivity. I've
>> been involved in writing firmware for RF data communications
>> stuff for a long time, and I've certainly never been able to
>> affect sensitivity.
>
> I can say that I was really struggling to get a reliable wireless
> connection with the rt2x00 device and Hawking external antenna
> anywhere in my garage. I tried the madwifi device attached to the
> same Hawking antenna and the difference was ridiculous. I got a
> perfectly reliable signal from the back of the garage, the point
> furthest from the signal's source.
>
> Now that I think about it, I could have enabled outdoor mode for
> madwifi, but I can't check it right now. Could that account for the
> difference?

What's madwifi outdoor mode? I googled but I can't find some readable
information.

m.
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