KaollaSu Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 I acquired an Airespace MiniPCI 100mW Atheros a/b/g card at the 6th Hope last month and installed it in my laptop. As you all know, internal wireless antenna's are substandard at best so I also bought an an SMA Female connector w/ pigtail and a Linksys 7dBI high gain antenna. There was a hole in the side of my laptop with a plastic covering. This hole would typically be used for a TV input, but I didn't opt for the TV Tuner option when I orderd my laptop. I removed the plastic covering and secured the SMA connector with a couple washers and nuts. I ran the pigtail through the laptop's internals to the Atheros Card. The results are as follows: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 i saw this mod on hack-a-day i take it you get better reception now? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaollaSu Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 i saw this mod on hack-a-day i take it you get better reception now? Mine is nicer than the one on hack a day. Yeah I get much better reception. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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