directional antennas for Orinoco Gold wireless card

Dec 26, 2008 5 Replies
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I'd like to get a directional antenna for an Orinoco Gold wireless card that I have so that I might get better reception in hotels and am having some difficulty finding one. I did a Google search for "orinoco directional" and found the following:



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That one, unfortunately, appears to be for access points.



Maybe there's some standard for external antenna jacks that I should be searching for instead of "orinoco directional"? ie. if I want to buy an external mouse for a ThinkPad, typing in "thinkpad mouse" wouldn't yield as good results as "usb mouse" would.



Any ideas?


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On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:23:55 -0800 (PST), yawnmoth wrote in :

Determine the type of connector on your wireless card, and then get a standard antenna and cable with a connector to match. Keep the cable as short as possible to avoid excessive signal loss.

Another good option:

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The Orinoco Gold had an MC connector. Look for as an option on an antenna, or a pigtail/adapter from MC to whatever the antenna of your choice uses.

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My experience is that the Orinoco Gold is probably six or more years old,

802.11b only, and a new 802.11g or n card will probably serve you better than buying a cumbersome antenna that connects to a little tiny fragile connector. If directional gain is important, maybe a USB-client/antenna combo, like those from Hawking Technologies, would be of interest.
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A simpler solution might be something like below.

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The O.P. did not state his O/S or host hardware; I would like to remind folks that not everyone runs Windows or *ix on modern hardware. The Orinoco Gold card is one of very few supported by WinCE 2.x on handhelds for example, and adding external antennas is often a viable solution for coverage issues. I use one with a little patch antenna on a Fujitsu handheld for example.

Michael

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