[Voyage-linux] Please recommend a cheap mini-pci wifi card for voyage mpd.

[Nick L.]

On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Jon Meek <meekjt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nick - You can probably terminate one antenna connector, but I'm guessing
> that a proper terminator costs about the same as an antenna, and the extra
> antenna is presumably helpful (multiple antennas should be required on the
> 802.11ac cards to do the beam forming).
>
> It's likely that you can use software to turn off one of the antennas on
> the Wistron, and similar cards.
>
> Jon
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Nick L. <nycparamedic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 8, 2013 9:04 PM, "Jon Meek" <meekjt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > I have a couple of the Wistron DNMA92 cards that I got from PC Engines
>> for about $24 each. They work fine, but it does look like availability from
>> the US may be limited.
>> >
>> > If you find this card, or something similar, you need two coax pigtails
>> and two antennas.
>> >
>> > I'm planning to test an Intel 802.11ac card at some point. I think that
>> I saw >them for about $25 somewhere in the US, but I have no idea if they
>> work OK on >ALIX + Voyage.
>>
>
Jon,

Thanks again. I see that PC Engines has dual band antennas for a couple
bucks a piece so I'll go that route.

Nick
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