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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:14:07 -0700
From: Don deJuan <donjuansjiz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Any thoughts on how to best shield u.fl connectors on NICs?
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On 10/29/2012 10:06 AM, Ben Greear wrote:
> It appears hard to get well-shielded u.fl (IPEX) to SMA pigtails, and
> all of the
> modern ath9k NICs I've seen use u.fl connectors on the NIC.
>
> I have found a vendor that will do double-shielded 1.32mm cable, and I
> have some of those
> on order, but the way u.fl connectors are made it seems there is always
> a bit of un-shielded
> cable where the connector is crimped onto the cable.
>
> I am curious if anyone has any suggestions or experience with connecting
> u.fl NICs to
> SMA cables in a highly shielded manner...
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
>

If you find a solution for this I would be interested in hearing as well.

Thanks.