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"AJ" <ajpk3@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3cd566e4.10260543@news.pa.comcast.giganews.com...
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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

Sorting that (very informative) list by 11Mbs sensitivity, with lowest (most
negative) being better:

      Card 11 Mbps
      Musenki (65mW output) (Has Anyone Seen this?) -87
      Cisco 350 Series (100mW output) -85
      smartBridges airNIC (USB, SMA connector, 32mW output) -84
      Enterasys / Cabletron (35mW) -84
      Netgear MA101 (USB 30mW) -84
      DLink DWL-650 -84
      Prism II Datasheet -84
      Proxim RangeLAN-DS -83
      Senao (100mW no EXT antenna) -83
      Cisco 340 Series -83
      Zcomax XI-300 -83
      Tellus AP -83
      Lucent Orinoco / Compaq WL110 (32mW) -82
      Intel 2011 -81
      Breezecom PC-DS.11 -80
      DLink DCF 650W/K (Compact Flash) -80
      Linksys WPC11 (20mW-100mW) -76
      Global Sun GL2411-02 (20mW-100mW) -76
      Teletronics 11mbps outdoor card -76
      SyncbyAir? -76
      Addtron AWP-100 -76


That Musenki looks pretty darn good.  By the way, in my own ad hoc testing,
I did find that the Netgear PCMCIA card outperforned the Orinoco Gold
(card), and the USR card (not ranked) above.