Am 03.03.2013 18:26, schrieb Christian Weisgerber:
Ingo Feinerer <feine...@logic.at> wrote:
I have a problem with a Digitus USB 2.0 repeater cable in combination with a
Soekris net5501 running OpenBSD 5.2 (see full dmesg at the very end of this
mail).
Is this an active device? Essentially a single-port hub?
However, the problem occurs when I attach the repeater cable with the UMTS
stick at its end. The stick is not recognized anymore.
I suspect the net5501's USB port is too weak to power the combination
of repeater and UMTS stick.
It is just an idea...why not choose a UMTS Sick with the possibility to
attach an external antena?
With a little soldering-foo you will be able to make a decent external
WLAN antenna.
Even if you cant attach an external antenna, you can disassemble the
stick and with a little bit sodering knowledge you can solder a coax
cable in place, where you can attach an external antenna.
Shure, you wont't get approval from "Funkraumüberwachung", which is
responsible for approval of such things in .at, but if the antenna gain
is not too high, they won't notice at all.
Bot if you choose an antenna with the right gain, it won't make a
difference if you move the stick, or just the antenna itself.
If you want, I disassebmle my dead USB stick (which is exact your type),
tho help you with this!
Regards,
Matthias
PS: I would not choose DIGITUS as the vendor of choice...they only sell
rebadged chinese crap, so I tend to NOT use DIGITUS!
Regards,
Matthias
