"Kevin Mills" wrote in message
m...
I apologize if this post is slightly off-topic for this group, but I'm
pretty sure you're the right crowd for the question...

I'm trying to connect a Yagi antenna to an old 915MHz WaveLAN wireless
access point (circa 1997). I have searched high and low, but cannot
figure out what type of connector I need. Since a picture is worth a
thousand words, I've taken the liberty of providing some visual aid!
Here is a picture of the mystery connector I'm hoping to identify:

http://kd7ump.ftml.net/WaveLANAntennaConnector.jpg

Now, this looks suspiciously like an SMB connector. Alas, it is not.
I had a custom pigtail cable made (for $38!) using an SMB connector
and it is not a match. Here is a picture of the mystery connector and
the SMB connector side-by-side:

http://kd7ump.ftml.net/WaveLAN-SMB.jpg

Close, but no go If anyone has an idea what this might be (or has
some other clever idea on how to get from the access point to a RP-TNC
connector) please, please let me know!

Kevin -

It looks like a bit like reverse TNC. There were some proprietary
connectors and Lucent used the Proprietary ORiNOCO on many of their
products (late 1990s), Lucent and Orinoco used the same cards for some
models. Cross reference a connector known as: SMZ

Drop an e-mail to Fab Corp., and tell them exact model you have -- they
should be able to cross reference.
http://www.fab-corp.com/

Here are a couple of web sites to review:

http://www.rflinx.com/Support/wlan_r..._reference.htm

http://www.austinwireless.net/cgi-bi.../WirelessCards

Greg
w9gb