Re: [iPAQ] 802.11b cards

On Tuesday 22 January 2002 12:52 am, Erik Mouw wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 06:55:45PM -0600, Neeraj Sanghani wrote:
> > 1) Can we use 2 802.11b cards in the expansion slot at the same time?
>
> Sure, though some cards will not fit because of mechanical properties.
> There is for example no room for two Lucent Orinoco cards because their
> antenna is too bulky.

I think you will find that the two cards will interfere with each other.
It's the classic "near-far" problem. If radio 1 is transmitting while radio 2
is receiving, the transmitter of radio 1 will cause the receiver of the other
radio to go deaf (and not hear the "far" station, due to the interference
from the "near" station).

--
Regards, Devin.
>
> > 2) Can we write applications on the IPAQ that can control both the cards
> > to the level we need?
>
> Of course, Linux on the Ipaq doesn't differ from Linux on your desktop
> machine.
>
>
> Erik