hmmmm,

Someone does not know how to read. No where in his post did he stated that
he was going to hack the computer system. haha. He did state that he would
hack a USB device. Besides, the true definition of wardrivers are only out
to log and collect information from the wireless access points (WAPs) they
find while driving. The legality of wardriving in the United States is not
clearly defined. There has never been any conviction for wardriving, and
there is the untested argument that the 802.11 and DHCP protocols operate on
behalf of the owner giving consent to use the network, but not if the user
has other reason to know that there is no consent.
"Bob" wrote in message
. com...
Did you know the USSS investigates many types of computer fraud and
hacking? Do you think it’s wise to state your intent to maliciously invade
other peoples computer systems and mention a traceable Ebay purchase of
the goods to do so?
USB type adaptors generally do not work with the popular freeware that you
wanna be hackers use to commit your heinous crimes.
Belden RG-174 has about .6dB loss/ft @ 5.6GHz. Your 15ft chunk would have
about 9dB loss, not too impressive.
Bob


KG0WX wrote:
Well, I'm not just building *any* WiFi setup - I researched a bit and
found
on eBay what is generally agreed on to be one of the top 5 internal
802.11
cards. With up to 250mw output and external antenna, I plan on diving
into
a new hobby - wardriving.

I could just buy a USB WiFi adapter and crack open the case and hack it
with an external antenna but from what I've seen, both the low output
and
poor rx sensitivity seem to be quite common with these devices and that
is not what I want.

I did remember a bookmarked site which calculated the info I needed.
Turns
out that my coax in question will have about 1.7 db loss at 5ghz. Not
too bad.

Still, if anyone knows of a coax that is better than RG174 while being
about
the same size, please chime in with your comments!

Ken KG0WX