Hi Ben, On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Two things come to mind: > > First, I'd like to put 2+ NICs close together in the same chassis. > Would be nice if they were as isolated from each other as possible > so that each NIC could work independently of the other (once I can > get to SMA connectors, there are > 90db shielded cable options, > but of course it could just go to antenna where it all mixes again > anyway). > > Second: If one wants to use an attenuator and coax cables to connect > AP and Station systems together, the AP and Station need to NOT also > be transmitting through the air. Anything I can do to keep that > over-the-air communication minimal should help. > > Truth is, I'm not sure how much it really matters, but after a few weeks To be quite honest, if I were doing this, I'd be making a custom chassis that had shielded partitions to house the NICs and probably use something like this to get signal to the NICs: https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=pcie+extension+cable But this would be getting towards the construction of some serious test equipment. What are you trying to achieve here? Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@xxxxxxxxx Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
