Glen,

You make a good point about being able to scan for access points. I think
the bridge comes with software for scanning, but a USB adapter would make
that very easy. It would also make for a simpler setup until I decide to add
a router.

Any recommendations for an external antenna?

Thanks, Rusty

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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You might try a EUB-362(EXT) high power (200mw) USB wireless adapter with
an 8.5db marine antenna on the Shuttle, hard wire in the other PCs through
a workgroup switch and use the Windows ICS facility to share the
connection.

The EUB-362 is especially attractive because you can run the USB cable up
to 15' and locate the EUB362 close to the antenna. With a powered hub at
the end of the USB cable you can go another 15' and take the load off the
Shuttle all together.. At 2.4Ghz LMR200 coax will loose more than 50% of
the signal over 20' but only 15% over the 4' that comes with the antenna.
Also working off the USB port the Shuttle will own the adapter so you can
scan for access points and control which one it connects to using the
standard wifi utilities. You can't do that very easily with a wireless
router.

To give you an idea of the performance, using a 200mw Senao card connected
through 16' of LMR100 an 8.5db antenna I could get a usable signal from
the 500mw BVI Marine Wifi access points out to about 900 yards. The thin
LMR100 lost 75% of the signal so a shorter length of LMR200 should get you
out to 1,500 yards or better.

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