[PLUG] USB Wifi - My Essentials ME1001-USB ver. 1000 works!

Marc Wolsiffer admin at marcscomputersolutions.com
Mon Oct 6 21:32:08 UTC 2008



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[mailto:plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Russell Senior
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 2:25 PM
To: keithl at keithl.com
Cc: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic
Subject: Re: [PLUG] USB Wifi - My Essentials ME1001-USB ver. 1000 works!

>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> writes:

Keith> If I was willing to use ndiswrapper, I would probably get a
Keith> 500mW Alfa from local wireless guy Rick Lindahl's Invictus
Keith> Networks:

Keith> https://shop.invictusnetworks.com/detail.php?id=16104

Keith> It is a little larger, but ought to have incredible range,
Keith> especially with the big antenna and the long USB cable.

Russell> Bear in mind, high transmit power does you no good unless the thing
Russell> you are talking to has a similarly high transmit power.  All the
extra
Russell> tx power does is evaporate more moisture from surrounding trees and
Russell> interfere with your neighbors trying to operate on the same (or
Russell> nearby) channel.

This is my first post,
Remember a 500mw is illegal if you're running it in Oregon. 
100mw is the legal limit and if found my neighbor saw you with a 500mw
transmitter you would have investigation going on, she doesn't even hold
cell phones to her head. The antenna doesn't look like it can support a
clean 500mw TX anyways. I would go with a directional antenna at a lower TX
rate and/or a good repeater. DD-wrt can help boot your range a ton.  I set
have set-up government wifi solutions for a while with RADIUS servers and
splash pages. Don't fry our children :)







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