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Re: limited 802.11b range, SMC WAP/USR client, multiple WAPS, 802.11a as an alternative?

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From: AJ
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 17:10
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>This really make a lot sense,  we have seen some AP or PCMCIA card rated at
>50 mW or above (only the cards with first generation Intersil chip limit
>power to around 30mW) but the receiving sensitivity is unknown.  While some
>card with low power output gets better range such as Orinocol.
>There should be a way to identify the absolute performance of a card based
>on both TX and RX.  This way we users could find out who is the real
>performer.

This page tells the rest of the story:

http://freenetworks.org/moin/index.cgi/ReceiveSensitivity
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Subject: Re: limited 802.11b range, SMC WAP/USR client, multiple WAPS, 802.11a as an alternative?
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