- Looking for Laptop Antenna
- Posted by nemerrle on February 24th, 2005
Hello all,
I just bought a new mini-pci card for my laptop (Intel 2915ABG) but my
laptop has no 802.11a antenna.
Does anyone know where I can get one?
- Posted by Barry Watzman on February 24th, 2005
You are largely out of luck, because the installation of an antenna is
very, very difficult. If the system doesn't have an antenna built-in,
better to just go with PC Card wireless cards.
nemerrle wrote:
- Posted by Dan on February 24th, 2005
Yup, you are definitely in trouble. The internal antenna is threaded up into
the plastic case surrounding the lcd. You need to get a wireless pcmcia
card, which has an external antenna.
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- Posted by Sess on February 24th, 2005
Hi, I am also wondering where to buy an antenna. I have installed them
before, but the supplier i had has gone out of buisness. Thanks!
- Posted by nemerrle on February 24th, 2005
I will have little trouble fitting it into the laptop. There are alot
of places to place an internal antenna. The hard part is finding one.
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:18:18 -0500, "Dan"
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- Posted by Joe Davis on February 27th, 2005
Barry,
As long as we're on the subject, I have 2 Dell laptops with metallic cases
that when new got medicore wireless reception that over time got worse. One
of the mini-PCI cards is Intel Centrino, the other is a Dell card. I'm
using PC cards with both laptops now, because the reception is so much
better than the built-in cards. Is this an antenna issue, or something
else?
Joe
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- Posted by Barry Watzman on February 27th, 2005
Hard to say; most laptop cases, even plastic ones, are metalized on the
inside for EMI reduction. I would think that would be a problem for
WiFi antennas. However, WiFi standards are in a constant state of flux
anyway, b replaced by g, and now g apparently going to be replaced by
802.11n in about another year. There are arguments for using PC cards
over an internal card simply for the flexibility that it affords.
Joe Davis wrote:
