External Antenna

[davidbrit2]

Does anybody know where one could buy an external antenna for an 802.11b ethernet card? I'd like something I could hook to my iBook when necessary for a little extra range with the Airport card. I haven't seen antennas for sale in any stores I know of, but someone must sell them.

 

[paracord]

Well i just made my own based loosley on the specs here and it works pretty good.
You can find most of the parts in a hardware store but you'll need a pigtail with a MC type connector got mine here
Kinda sucks though because it has to connect under the keyboard, makes for an "interesting" typing experience.

But i guess you could just buy any antenna you find online that has the right kind of connector, but where's the fun in that

 

[davidbrit2]

Hmm, that looks kind of interesting, and not unlike some of the "Pringles Can" antennas I've seen... Maybe I'll have to try making one of those sometime.

 

[paracord]

Yeah it's pretty fun, but for some reason the neighbors act kind of wierd out when there's a 4 foot PVC pipe with a coffee can taped to the back pointing at thier house. Wierdos