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sploit
01-30-2003, 11:45 AM
How do you hook up two wireless cards to one antenna for more range?
Or can this be done?
I guess I am not getting why you need two radios for an access point, unless your going to have 2 180 degree sectorials.

Can you hook up two radios to one antenna?

If so, what adaptors do I need?

bairdc
01-30-2003, 12:12 PM
You don't need two radio cards in an AP unless you're going to use one of them to backhaul the traffic to another location. If you're only looking for a single AP, and you can connect it to your network via ethernet, then you only need one card.

Craig

lonnie
01-30-2003, 03:46 PM
You can buy a signal combiner but I would not recommend this. The two radios would overload each other. This is not a way to add power. To do that you require a higher gain antenna or an amplifier.