[MLB-WIRELESS] Re: DWL-900AP and Linux

[Bob Edwards]

Very, very cool, Jamie. How did you find that URL? Is there a list of other 
"hidden" URLs that are supported on the DWL-900AP+?

For anyone who is interested, the external antenna connector, on my DWL-900AP+ 
anyway, is the "Right" antenna ("Left" being the internal antenna).

I now get a good strong signal on my external yagi antenna and not much else 
hanging around it.

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.

Jamie Lovick wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Bob Edwards wrote:
> 
>>So, does anyone know how to configure (either in software, or with a
>>soldering iron) the DWL-900AP+ to disable the internal diversity
>>antenna, and direct all it's effort into the external one? I want to
>>attach a patch antenna and I don't want any signal leaking back
>>behind the unit, nor any interference from other wireless sources.
> 
> 
> If you login to the AP and go to the page weca.htm, you can set the
> antenna there. Otherwise, dismantle the AP and add de-solder the
> internal antenna, and add a 50 Ohm surface mount resister. That should
> work.
> 
> 
>>On the Aironet/Cisco cards you can usually configure the card to use
>>only one or the other antenna connector. The DWL-900AP+ web based
>>GUI doesn't have such an option, so should I just unsolder it, or
>>can I be a little smarter about it?
> 
> 
> The weca.htm page should allow you to do it.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Jamie
> 
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