Chris Elmquist wrote: > > On Friday (05/10/2002 at 10:29AM -0500), Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > > Yup -- it assumes the built in rubber duckies, which generally have a gain > > > of 0 dBi to 2 dBi. You can get antennas that do 24 dBi for < $100. > > > Remember, dBi isn't a linear scale -- every 3dBi of gain effectivly > > > doubles your power (iirc). > > > > just as a matter of idle curiosity, what's the highest-gain 802.11b antenna > > anyone has ever seen? > > there are plenty of hams messing around with moon-bounce on S-band-- > using 3, 6 or even 10m dishes. Of course these aren't particularly > practical for terrestrial work I suppose. > > I'd say you're most likely to see a practical, useable, directional > antenna in the 20 to 25 dB range. Yesterday I picked up an Andrew 26T which has 26db of gain. -- Bryan Halvorson bryan at edgar.sector14.net