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Scrap that Linksys

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Pillowcase writes - "For those who like WiFi and/or wardriving - I found a sweet rig inside an old linksys router that is a PC Card WiFi adaptor, a couple pigtails and the antennas for it - all for $5 or whatever you can find the router for... Usually just pigtail cables cost $30+ each" - Link.

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Posted by: derkaspar on July 16, 2006 at 8:15 AM

Nice hack, but I think the price estimate for the pigtail cable is a little high. I usually don't pay more than $5 for them (in germany at tronico.net for example, I don't know the prices in the us, though...)

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Posted by: aydiosmio on July 16, 2006 at 10:06 AM

I tried this way back in the day. Windows will recognize the card but it just doesn't work after that.

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Posted by: pillowcase on July 16, 2006 at 9:29 PM

"I tried this way back in the day. Windows will recognize the card but it just doesn't work after tha"

AWWW... I didn't get that far. Well maybe it is possible... I'll try it some day.

And yea I hadn't looked at pigtail prices for a while... but i remember they used to be a lot. Now yea... about $15

- pillowcase

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Posted by: norelidd on July 17, 2006 at 7:45 AM

it's probably worth noting the version number on the linksys. in the article he uses a befw11s4, but it's probably a very early revision, v1 or v2. i tore apart my v4 to find that it no longer used a pcmcia card, and the antennas were soldered on.

the version number can be found on the underside of the unit.

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