In addition to the ORiNOCO Classic Gold PC Card, the Senao NL-2511CD PLUS EXT2 is a favorite among radio geeks that Wardrive with dual diversified antennas. Pushing 200 mW with two antenna jacks, a 3 dBi or 5 dBi short range antenna can be used to pick up close signals in tall buildings while an 8 dBi or 14 dBi long range antenna will pull in distant signals closer to the ground for further inspection.
Inert Ramblings
Everything worth saying has already been said…
As an adjuct to this, I made a cantenna that brought me from around -75dBm to around -58dBm, giving me solid signal on both TX and RX on an AP at over 2500 feet LOS here in New Orleans…
http://strange.net/2004/08/80211beer.html
/Andrew
Yeah, senao makes an AP too, I have one. It’s a lot more powerful than the old BEFW11S4, and i like it. (it’s basically just their PCMCIA card in a box).
SMC makes a 200mw card too, but it can fit fully inside a standard PCMCIA slot, and comes with a 2db clip-on antenna. The Senao one just has 2 jacks on it (one on either side as shown in the picture).
Anyways… Umm… TRUNKMONKEY!!!