[MLB-WIRELESS] Netgear MR314 - external antenna issue

[Damian Burkitt]

A buddy and I decided to join our networks, we only live 500 metres apart
with a good LoS from our rooftops - simple enuff, right?

We've both got Netgear MA314 Wireless routers for our internal network and
MA311 PCI network cards for PC's & MA401 PC cards for our laptops in our
respective networks (running Win2K)

I've got my network working fine using the MR314 router to connect my
wireless PC(MA311), laptop with a netgear MA401s and my cabled NICs fine -
the router connects to a PC running Mandrake 9.1 which acts as a file server
& firewall which then connects to the Bigpond router.

My buddies network is a smaller ie a Pc (MA311) & Laptop (MA401) and his
MR314 Wireless Router.

The only problem we can see is that the MR314's antenna is hardwired to the
unit - I checked around a few sites to find out if anyone else had tried to
remove or change the antenna on the MR314 with out any luck.

Any idea's how to remove and replace it? or can anyone suggest a better
wireless router/access point set up?

We've been thru the "how tos" for pigtails and antennas etc we just need to
know the best way to connect the 2 networks short of possibly frying the
MR314's.


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