On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 01:44:50 -0400, "Alan Spicer"
wrote:

Anyway I take it you're getting enough signal on a laptop not to have to put
an external antenna or amplifier?

I'm using an external antenna, 15 db vertical at 30 ft, coupled with
low loss coax to a 200 mw USB adapter. It works well and routinely
connects to hotspots over a mile away, sometimes as much as 4 or 5
miles to a good outdoor AP.

Senao/Engenius makes some of the best high powered adapters in my
experience, and WLAN Parts/Passadena Networks is a good supplier of
all things related to WiFi.

www.wlanparts.com