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I am looking to set up a laptop on a boat that will receive wifi
signals. I need to install a twenty foot cable from the antenna to a
Proxim orinoco 8011b/g gold wireless card. I have found the cable but
don't know what antenna to attach to it as I want to minimize loss of
signal and I believe I have to get a certain length antenna to
synchronize with the cable length to do this. Does anyone know what the

right size antenna should be? Also, any suggestions on where to pick
one
up?
I found the cable here
http://sharperconcepts.zoovy.com/pro...C-CA-RSPNMAXXX


Hi Petercc

I have some interest in a similar project with WiFi. Forgive me if I'm
not understanding what you want to do.

Are you sure that card will fit in your lap top? All the lap top PCMCIA
WiFi cards I've seen, that have a coax connector, use a much smaller
connector.
You didnt indicate if you know from which direction the WiFi signal is
coming from. does the marine antenna need to be omniazimuth?
Are you willing to accept the signal loss associated with the 20 feet of
coax?

My weather conditions are not as extreme as your marine environment. I
have installed a wireless Ethernet bridge at the antenna and connected that
to the computer with CAT 5 to alleviate the line loss problem at 2.4 GHz.

E-mail me if you want any info and/or pictures of what I'm messing with.

Jerry