inside a DLink DWL-120

[Bob Edwards]

Geoff Watts wrote:
> 
> > Why is this unit interesting? Well, if you need to locate an IEEE802.11b
> > device near a mast-top dish etc., this device might be just what you were
> > looking for. USB is good to 5M at a time, and with hubs this can be
> > extended out to 25M, so you can have your radio near your antenna (cuts
> > down on cable losses), and have your router down inside the house etc.
> 
> Apparently you can push your luck a bit on USB cable lengths, and some
> resellers even sell quite long USB cables over the counter.  Don't know if
> performance would be a bit of a factor though - not to mention that you'd
> be running an USB cable up a lightning-rod, and you'd have to run windows
> on your router box :)

At the moment you would have to run Windows ... just wait and see ...

> 
> I wonder if the USB interface and the board can sustain more than a few
> mbps .. what's USB up for? 12mbps?
> 
> I think on this site
> http://www.guerrilla.net/reference/80211_mod/dwl-650_ext_antenna/index.html
> There's a picture of the USB gemtek board, and a few links to the FCC
> database with shots of the PCB, etc
> 

This is an excellent link. Cheers!

> Also, the lucent external USB adapters contain a wavelan card and the
> usual antenna connector - they'd be quite nice up a mast.
> 
> g.

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.