On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 08:30:04PM +0200, Stefan E?er wrote: > On 2004-06-20 14:54 +0100, Josef Karthauser <joe_at_tao.org.uk> wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 02:39:36PM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote: > > > The ath manual pages says that we support the Netgear WG311 and the > > > WG511T, but do we also support the WG311T? (Is the T significant?). > > AFAIK, the WG311T and WG511T use an enhanced Atheros chip with > improved S/N ratio. (The Netgear web site talks about improved > antenna technology, but I don't see what's special about that > antenna at all. There used to be a more specific technical data > sheet, which talked about the improved sensitivity and S/N of the > new radio, and I guess that's what actually makes the difference. > I also seem to remember some article on "www.smallnetbuilder.com" > that talked about a new Atheros chip set with increased range back > in September 2003. Hmmm, might have been: In the end I decided to purchase both a WG311T and WG511T to start my wireless network. Hopefully it will work out fine. Thanks to everyone who contributed to enabling me to come to a decision. Joe -- Josef Karthauser (joe_at_tao.org.uk) http://www.josef-k.net/ FreeBSD (cvs meister, admin and hacker) http://www.uk.FreeBSD.org/ Physics Particle Theory (student) http://www.pact.cpes.sussex.ac.uk/ ================ An eclectic mix of fact and theory. =================
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