Internal laptop WiFi cards

[David Fletcher]

On Saturday 29 Nov 2008, Nils Kassube wrote:
> David Fletcher wrote:
> 
> Actually there are usually 2 separate antennas. It wouldn't really work 
2 days ago I knew nothing about these. Now I know far more than I did!

> 
> That aren't simple wires but coaxial cables.
Better not to chop them then.

> 
> 
> Don't cut the cables - you can't extent them with simple wires. You would 
Just as well I didn't :-)

> However I can't tell you if such extension cables are available at all. 
I very much doubt it.

> But if you cut the cables you can't use the internal antennas any longer.
> 
> I would suggest you try to find a PCMCIA card or a USB stick for WLAN. 
I have both, but I'm not too impressed with their sensitivity. Hence I want to 
try to use the built in antennas. If I can't get it to work, I'll just have 
to revert and be satisfied.

Dave
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