orinoco external antenna

[RF WAVE]

I just got the new orinoco a/b/g silver combo card. The only problem is there is no port available to screw on an external antenna. Is there anyway possible to connect an external antenna? I am thinking maybe there is a way to do it through the usb port?

[Uncle Ken]

Proxim has removed the antenna port from the new silver card. The gold card still has the port, according to their data sheet here http://www.proxim.com/products/all/orinoco/docs/ds/11bpccard.pdf .

[carter1945]

Unless I am mistaken, the 802.11 a/b/g card does not have an external antenna the 802.11 b card does have an antenna.

[jimmyjam]

I thought the FCC didnt allow any 5GHz .11a cards to be manufactured with external antenna connectors.

[HITMONEY]

The new Proxim/Orinoco Silver cards do not have an external antenna port probably because of everyone flashing silver cards into gold cards although I heard a rumor it was to please some isp's but that doesn't make much sense as other cards still come equiped with external antenna ports.

The Proxim/Orinoco Gold still comes with external antenna port.

The new Proxim/Orinoco b/g combo card DOES come with an external antenna port.

The Proxim a/b/g combo card does NOT have an external antenna port as no 802.11a client card come equiped with an external antenna port.