senao 200mw card

[justin1718]

If you use the senao 2511 200mw card with 2 antennas does that mean each antenna gets 100mw power.

[dagaroth]

I'd have to look at the prints for it, but usually, one antenna is set up as tx/rx, and the second is set up as rx only. The card will pick whichever antenna has a better signal to listen to, but only uses 1 for tx.

Without getting the manual, I can only theorize, but you can experiment if you have a second PC to experiment with. Run kismet/netstumbler on 1, and unplug the antennas on the computer with the card installed. plug in 1 antenna and see if the signal suddenly jumps up on the scanning computer, then unplug it again, and plug in the other. 1 should spike, the other shouldnt. The pc's will need to be a decent distance apart though, if they're both on the same computer desk, they'll be close enough that even without an antenna, the scanner should pick it up.

A warning though, dont leave the antennas disconnected long, you run the risk of ruining the card because the antenna is part of the circuit.

[whitedice]

I've always just used one pigtail per card w/ cards that have the 2 ports, making sure the pigtail was hooked up to the primary port.