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    Wireless WAN question

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by carokoo, Jan 7, 2007.

  1. carokoo

    carokoo Newbie

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    is a built in EVDO (or EDGE?) antenna the only way to access Wireless WAN? Or can that also be accomplished with a PC card of some kind? (and if so, at what hardware cost?)

    thanks for answering what may be a very stupid, obvious question!
     
    carokoo, Jan 7, 2007
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    is this like some new gizzo device? proprietaire ding?
    ur built.in wifi antenna (if u have one) would do fine picking up hotspots or wifi signal. other than that, current 54mbps devices - cheap and reliable - would do ok also

    cheers ...
     
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  3. carokoo

    carokoo Newbie

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    sorry I wasn't clearer - I meant the Wireless WAN technology that allowed you to access the internet through cellular signal (EVDO is Verizon's, I think? and faster than Cingular's and T-Mobile's EDGE). thought it may be useful outside of WiFi hotspots should the emergency arise, and I've heard that the plans are likely to drop in price this year.

    buying a new laptop and wondering whether an embedded antenna was the only way to access wireless WAN, or whether I could just slot in a PC card.
     
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  4. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    EVDO & edge require a PC card to work. They are not connecting to a 2.4 or 5 ghz bandwidth that the 11abg uses. So only 11abg hardware uses the existing internal antenna. Now there is proably some mfg that's makes a card to be used internal, and may cover 11abg too. I have not seen one. But have not looked.
     
    blue68f100, Jan 7, 2007
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