Re: Just wondering

frankdowling1@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
You might try as well to build a USB adapter antenna.
Very simple to build and use.

link :  http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/

A standard 12 inch concave kitchen mixing bowl seems to work quite
well.

The only problem seems to be that the common utlities such as
Netstumbler do not seem to function well with these antennas.
Link strength is very low with a very high functional link quality.
These utilities seem to function on a power threshold rather than a
link quality one.
You can use the utility bundled with the adapter which often can be had
relatively cheaply.
Another advantage to this type of antenna is that you can run a length
of wire as the usb connection without signal strength loss along the
antenna wire leading to the computer from the remote adapter.

I just built an new one but I did not use a usb stick. I figure it cost about $14.00 at the most. http://findmoore.net/homebrew_antenna
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