Orinoco ebay antennas..

RaZor · 04-12-2004, 12:45 PM

I just got a Orinoco gold pcmcia card and the adapter and ive searched the forums but havent found much with regards to the antennas on ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...091247330&rd=1
AND
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...091217603&rd=1

Anyone with any experience using either of these, or maybe some obvious crappy features i overlooked??

wizardPC · 04-12-2004, 05:14 PM

I have the second one's big brother, a 7dbi antenna, and the difference is night and day. methinks that first one has gotten bad reviews on the netstumbler forums, but I know that second one is a great little antenna.

and its a lot smaller than I thought it was.

shakes · 04-12-2004, 05:18 PM

the second one looks like the one sold at http://www.fab-corp.com ... click on "Antennas Omni" ... it's a ways down the page

$15 new. Even if it isn't that great you can't complain for $15.

chut · 04-12-2004, 06:45 PM

I've got the first one from that guy on ebay and it works good in my driveway.

RaZor · 04-13-2004, 06:01 AM

thanks guys, i ended up getting the 2nd one. this is gonna get interesting!! i cant wait to start wardriving!

wizardPC · 04-13-2004, 09:42 AM

just remember to look and not touch. You are authorized to see the access points, but it is a felony to use them.

Letter from FBI
(you may want to print that out in case somebody wants to hassle you)

Quote: Originally Posted by FBI

Identifying the presence of a wireless network may not be a
criminal violation, however, there may be criminal violations if the
network is actually accessed including theft of services, interception
of communications, misuse of computing resources, up to and including
violations of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Statute, Theft of
Trade Secrets, and other federal violations.

shakes · 04-13-2004, 10:05 AM

let us know how well it woks ... i'm looking at the same setup

tedpeer · 04-20-2004, 08:30 PM

Well, it does not have a grounding plane(?), so it should be mounted on a metal surface.

Ted

RaZor · 04-20-2004, 08:45 PM

i just got the antenna today (2nd one), wow its really small, maybe 5 or 6 inches tall, ill let you all know how it goes.

just curious...how would they ever catch you if you did do anything?? c'mon...its wireless

lazarus · 04-21-2004, 01:32 AM

I have the second one. been using it in the car for a couple of months now. the improvements over the 2.2dbi rubber duck i was using are phenominal. i pick up about 30% access pointswhen war driving, i can now park any where on my street and still be able to access my network (about 100 metres in any direction. my access point is a very cheap zonet thing thats bolted to a solid brick wall in the middle of the house) its a decent antenna for the money. oh and it out performs my house mates orinocco gold and 5.5dbi magmount with ground plane setup some thing special