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Wireless card, but no aerial.... by Reaper on 12-15-2005 at 06:28 PM

my mate gave me his wireless network card, but he cant find the aerial. is there anything i can use as a replacement

this is not the card but the aerial is pretty much the same as it:
[Image: WN-1011PCI_Ralink-1.jpg]

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by MeEtc on 12-15-2005 at 06:32 PM

depends on the connetion on the back of the card. you might be able to get away with some basic copper wire, or maybe some coax cable, depending on the connector

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by Reaper on 12-15-2005 at 06:33 PM

well, i havnt a clue what the connecter type is, but if i gave the make and model of the card would you be able to tell?

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by MeEtc on 12-15-2005 at 06:36 PM

a picture would be better
Google

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by Reaper on 12-15-2005 at 06:42 PM

lol, i cant find any pictures of the connection. well the name of the card is Ralink RT2500 Wireless LAN Card. isnt there a generic connection for the aerial?

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by stoshrocket on 12-15-2005 at 06:43 PM

have you tired it without? mine works fine without the ariel, it just bumps down the max distance it can be, but it depends on the make really

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by Reaper on 12-15-2005 at 06:50 PM

well it cant find any networks but when i borrowed my neighbours aerial to test it it showed up with 2 networks

i took a screenshot of it. its not very good but you can make it out, hopefully
[Image: wireless1ec.png]

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by MeEtc on 12-15-2005 at 07:02 PM

looks like it might a simple RCA jack, like an audio cable. I would just stick a paperclip (or something a bit longer) in the middle hole, that should work as a suitable replacement

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by GiantSpider on 12-15-2005 at 07:14 PM

Yeah definetly looks like a RCA jack for a second opinion.

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by Reaper on 12-15-2005 at 07:38 PM

thanks, but upon lookin at the port more, its not a hole, there a bit of wire there. not something stuck, but actually part of the port, so i cant put a paper clip or a piece of wire in there

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by MeEtc on 12-15-2005 at 07:43 PM

oh, yeah, I see it now in the pic.
Electrical tape and copper wire. wrap the wire a few times around the point, tape it up. hang the slack somewhere over your desk or case

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by Veggie on 12-15-2005 at 07:44 PM

you could take a trip to the shops and buy an arial

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by Voldemort on 12-16-2005 at 12:20 AM

get the coax cable  from the tv.
and try to see if it fits,
or itll do with the clip if it doesnt

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by BigTrev on 12-16-2005 at 12:33 AM

My sister lost there aerial so i use a fm aerial i got from my dads stereo and it works fine.

Trev

RE: Wireless card, but no aerial.... by rav0 on 12-17-2005 at 05:46 AM

You can use these makeshift antennas, but they will not give you very good performance, especially for digital date, Mbps of bandwidth, at high frequencies.

Any commercially produced antenna you but would have been engineered for the specific bands used by WiFi,  properly polarised and such. One of these will give you much better performance than a coat hanger could (even if they are good for FM).