any CF WIFI card with Ext. Antenna port? just carious, or is it possible to mod one?

If you do a search you should find a thread or two on it but i tend to get mixed results when i search

anyway, quick answer is "do you have a soldering iorn" as this is the best way to do it, i havent ever seen a CF wifi card with external antenna, i just soldered one on myself

The DLink DCF-660W has a SWD type connector under the case, probably used at the factory for radio calibration.
I don't know if it's possible to find an antenna or pigtail with that connector.

Take a look at this page, they've done something with a PC Card.
http://johnvu.net/blog/archives/000117.php

Thats the same as the netgear card i had (both actually)

i just cut the conector off and soldered directly to the pcb

ya, i can do mods like that, but can u supply a lil more info? i m pretty new to this. ^__^ thank you for all the reply tho

Gnd is on the outside?

really you dont need more info, just clip the connector off, drill a hole in the case and thread tho cable throgh and solder, signol is soldered in the middle and gnd/shield on the ouside ring

i thoght i needed more info as well

awesome, i ll try that out later tonight, thanks for the help!

When i get my site up i will gladly wirte an article on how to do it if you can supply me with some pics so we can help others out

Wouldn't it be fin to kep the connector on?

Sometimes it's hard to find a pigtail with the right connector on it. Usually they have U.FL Hirose connectors. Don't quote me on that though.

Did any of this ever get written up?

I guess not. Anybody care to do a write-up/point me to a write-up? I've searched, but didn't find anything.

Thanks.

Actuallty i took some more blury photos last week of the process, just havent written it up yet.

pm me to remind me to get around to it

well i just had a look around and i managed to delete the wifi card pull apart pics in the upgrade i have done in the last couple of days (basically a full rip up job of the network and storage, rebuilt from the ground up, ironically its now set up to help prevent me from losing data)

i might have a backup that i will look into but as i have a card thats not working i will pull that one apart for the demonstration

one word of warning: this is a very very hard hack to pull off with a good chance of permanently damaging hardware, this isnt a normal disclaimer, i have personally destroyed 2 wifi cards as its a B%^$ to solder onto, which in turn causes the radio chipset to get to hot

you really need the right equipment. if you dont have a high wattage soldering iron, good soldering skills (ie soldered for an hour or 3 in the past 2 weeks) and a way of cooling down the rest of the device (clip on heatsinks work well) then i would not attempt this

if you can get a cable then get one and leave it at that, its your best bet.

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thanks for the PM messages, i did get them but the upgrade took longer than anticipated (had ta account for several hundred gigs of data, don't want to lose anything)