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      dimi3
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      Hi all,

      Im noob when it comes to wireless, but I'm familar with UNIX/Linux stuff, so I decided to build myself a firewall.

      I choose ALIX board 3 LAN 1 Mini PCI, USB

      I need some help with other stuff like mini wireless card, what to choose? I was looking Wistron CM9, but im not shure witch cable I need to connect it..what is the difference of using one or two antenas? The card works 2,4 and 5Ghz, does this mean that I need dual band antennas or one antenna for each band? Are pcengines enclosures drilled for one or two antennas?

      Thank you for the help,

      Regards,

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        hoba
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        The CM9 is fine. I use them in all my WRAPs and ALIXs. You can live with one antenna though 2 antennas will work a bit better when using diversity. You only can use one band at a time (either a or b/g). I use a with b/g antennas but it of course would be better to have an optimized anntenna that handles a better. Depends on the range you need of course.

        The cases will come with one hole prepared: http://pcengines.ch/case1c2u.htm

        You'll need this cable: http://pcengines.ch/pigsma.htm
        Antennaoptions: http://pcengines.ch/antsma.htm (b/g) or http://pcengines.ch/antsmadb.htm (a/b/g; nice that one must be new :) )

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          dimi3
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          thank you for informative reply..I will go with one antenna then, since I need coverage only in my house.

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            clamasters
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            Checkout the pfSense blog.  They have a parts list of all the stuff you need.  http://blog.pfsense.org/?p=155

            http://www.curtis-lamasters.com
            http://www.builtnetworks.com

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