Attennea for Wireless Card??

I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 with an integrated Broadcom wireless card. I am not sure the exact model #. I pick up the wireless connection but have poor recpetion. There is an extra plug on the card itself that says AUX ANT (which I take to mean an auxillary attenea).

Does anyone know how I can find an auxillary attenea for this card or a way to hook up another attenea so I can get better reception?

Thanks.

For wireless laptop cards you usually have a couple of choices for the connector. MC or MMCX. There is also a MCX connector. You also have to worry about the polarity of the connector and if it is male of female. So as mentioned you really need to determine what type of connector you have on the laptop. If it is a dell card it is probably a rebadged orinoco card, which means it will normally be a MC connector. You want to make sure you get the right pigtail if you do buy an aftermarket antenna. I'd recommend getting your pigtail from the same source as your antenna. Don't do homemade antennas, especially if your trying to use it with a MC connector. Bad idea for a novice.

As a footnote, if you have a marginal connection you should try moving your AP around first and frankly should upgrade the antenna(s) on the AP before you worry about your client device. Much easier and usually a better choice.

That would definatly be a more portable solution

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