Recently, I went on a trip where we stayed at various hotels. It came to my attention that my laptop's mini pci based wireless card must be failing. At the very least, it underperforms. While at certain hotels it would seem to work ok, at others it would not. It never got a very strong signal, and often would connect, but not let me send/receive data for more than a minute or two.
When I ran the card's diagnostics, it told me that the card's onboard memory failed. Being internal, this thing doesn't have an antenna, and I think that is part of the problem as well. At one hotel, they brought me a D-Link wireless bridge, which I connected through the LAN port. It solved the problem beautifully. The problem is, the wireless bridge is bulky, and has to be plugged in to the wall itself, so it isn't all that portable.
What I'm looking for is an 802.11g PCMCIA/PC Card based solution that has an external antenna, just like most PCI wifi cards for desktop PC's do. This would let me try it as is, and add on a better external antenna if I deem it necessary later.
Trouble is, I can't seem to find such a thing. I can find several older 802.11b PCMCIA/PC CARD wifi cards with external antenna hookups, but can't seem to find this in an 802.11g newer variety.
Why is this? Can any of you out there point me to something that would work for me?
Thanks!
When I ran the card's diagnostics, it told me that the card's onboard memory failed. Being internal, this thing doesn't have an antenna, and I think that is part of the problem as well. At one hotel, they brought me a D-Link wireless bridge, which I connected through the LAN port. It solved the problem beautifully. The problem is, the wireless bridge is bulky, and has to be plugged in to the wall itself, so it isn't all that portable.
What I'm looking for is an 802.11g PCMCIA/PC Card based solution that has an external antenna, just like most PCI wifi cards for desktop PC's do. This would let me try it as is, and add on a better external antenna if I deem it necessary later.
Trouble is, I can't seem to find such a thing. I can find several older 802.11b PCMCIA/PC CARD wifi cards with external antenna hookups, but can't seem to find this in an 802.11g newer variety.
Why is this? Can any of you out there point me to something that would work for me?
Thanks!
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