[mxmad32]

Hi, I'm looking to extend the wifi range of my laptop, the card is an Intel 3945ABG. After having a browse through google it seems the best way to do this is by attaching an external antenna to the card by a U-FI to SMA cable. This sounds fairly simple, but I looked into the cables and there is SMA, RP-SMA and both of these can be male or female. Most antenna's seems to be RP-SMA, but do I need a male or female connector? Also what dBi antenna should I be looking at to make a noticeable difference?

Thanks

[Fordy]

Male connectors are called so because they have the "prongy" ends, like so:

|..|..|
|..|..|
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Female connectors on the other hand, are called so because they have the "holes" for those "prongy ends", like so:

..--..--..
..--..--..
..--..--..
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So all you need to do is determine whether your laptop is male or female, and buy the opposite.


However there is usually a standard, and it is, err, logical, if ironic.

That is that if the current/data is going "in" through the connector it will be a male plug, from where the data i coming from, into a female socket or hole if you will, which recieves the data, and carries out the appropriate action.

[mxmad32]

Ah I see! Thats great thanks.