[CUWiN-Dev] Client/Mesh Domains

[Quantum Scientific]

Interesting.  I just got a Netgear WG311T from EBay, which is the PCI b/g adapter.  But all it has is an mPCI board on a PCI-->mPCI bridge.

What's more, the board is only about 70% populated, and there is no power amp, but the pads are right there to add one!

I'm not going to go to the trouble of reversing this board, and the assembly is pretty poor quality (crooked components, solder blobs), but it would be very interesting to see the newer 'U' flavor of the mPCI card (with the AR5004 chipset), the CM9.  Maybe I will someday.

Best,

Carl Cook




On Thursday 20 January 2005 11:44, Quantum Scientific wrote:
> I cannot see how to boost the power of an Atheros radio to 200mW, as everyone uses Atheros' reference design, and there's not enough space on the PCB.  The existing PA on Netgear's WG511U has a max Pout of +20dBm, and probably actually max's out at +18dBm (although Netgear has not been able to confirm their own Tx power, even at the highest levels of "support").  The Atheros AR5004 chipset is wonderful because Rx sensitivity is as low as -105dBm.  I haven't looked at the miniPCI card with AR5004 yet, but I suspect it's crowded as well.  Maybe someone can throw one on the scanner (RF can lid removed)?  The AR5004 chipset has these major chips: AR5112A, AR5213A (a/b/g) or AR2112A,AR2213A (b/g).  Has anyone overcome the Tx power problem?  Must we resort to Senao and the buggy Prism for 200mW & better?