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Router-specific adaptors?

generalmiaow · 2006-12-06 20:42:04

Hey, I've had a question on my mind that google can't seem to solve for me. I've opened up my fair share of access points in my time, and I've found a number of different wi-fi cards in them - mostly mini-PCI cards and some PCMCIA cards. They're usually strange brands, some of them broadcom based and so forth. In some…

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Hey, I've had a question on my mind that google can't seem to solve for me. I've opened up my fair share of access points in my time, and I've found a number of different wi-fi cards in them - mostly mini-PCI cards and some PCMCIA cards. They're usually strange brands, some of them broadcom based and so forth. In some cases I can take them out and put them in my laptop and used them as client adaptors, though it's often hard to find drivers for them. I've never seen something inside them that I would expect to find in a laptop with one exception. My question is, is there something particular about these cards that distinguishes them from the usual 802.11 client adaptors? A lot of them are claimed to be "high-powered", which I suppose would make them better for coverage, and indeed, they seem to pick up good signal.

I was wondering if they were designed specifically to have more clients connecting to them? I know the DHCP server and the other parts of the wireless access point are designed for this, but is the card specific in some way? I ask because I'm planning on building a linux-based access point at some stage, and I don't know if I should use just any old card or something built for a router. Thanks.

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