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Gashmore · 23-03-2009, 05:47

The AWUS036H is a relative new comer but it looks pretty good. Receive sensitivity is on a par with the EUB-362. It runs the realtech rtl8187 chips which is a bit more stable than the Atheros chips in the 362. A couple of reviews say that the MacOs drivers are a little wonky but it does work. Also seems to work well with Kissmac, the signal survey software that is the apple equivalent of Netstumbler on the PC.

The one thing I object to is that they express the maximum power as 500mw but it is actually only 300mw. The 500mw is the effective radiated power out of the supplied 2db antenna. Still good but a bit deceptive.

23-03-2009, 05:47	#86
Gashmore Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 95	The AWUS036H is a relative new comer but it looks pretty good. Receive sensitivity is on a par with the EUB-362. It runs the realtech rtl8187 chips which is a bit more stable than the Atheros chips in the 362. A couple of reviews say that the MacOs drivers are a little wonky but it does work. Also seems to work well with Kissmac, the signal survey software that is the apple equivalent of Netstumbler on the PC. The one thing I object to is that they express the maximum power as 500mw but it is actually only 300mw. The 500mw is the effective radiated power out of the supplied 2db antenna. Still good but a bit deceptive.