Return-path: Received: from mail-ee0-f46.google.com ([74.125.83.46]:47751 "EHLO mail-ee0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751207Ab2JaGVZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:21:25 -0400 Received: by mail-ee0-f46.google.com with SMTP id b15so540881eek.19 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:21:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5090B711.70808@candelatech.com> References: <508EB783.9080000@candelatech.com> <5090560D.1090708@candelatech.com> <5090B711.70808@candelatech.com> From: Julian Calaby Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:21:03 +1100 Message-ID: (sfid-20121031_072132_157388_7CE96322) Subject: Re: Any thoughts on how to best shield u.fl connectors on NICs? To: Ben Greear Cc: Adrian Chadd , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Ben, On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Ben Greear wrote: > Two things come to mind: > > First, I'd like to put 2+ NICs close together in the same chassis. > Would be nice if they were as isolated from each other as possible > so that each NIC could work independently of the other (once I can > get to SMA connectors, there are > 90db shielded cable options, > but of course it could just go to antenna where it all mixes again > anyway). > > Second: If one wants to use an attenuator and coax cables to connect > AP and Station systems together, the AP and Station need to NOT also > be transmitting through the air. Anything I can do to keep that > over-the-air communication minimal should help. > > Truth is, I'm not sure how much it really matters, but after a few weeks To be quite honest, if I were doing this, I'd be making a custom chassis that had shielded partitions to house the NICs and probably use something like this to get signal to the NICs: https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=pcie+extension+cable But this would be getting towards the construction of some serious test equipment. What are you trying to achieve here? Thanks, -- Julian Calaby Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/julian.calaby/ .Plan: http://sites.google.com/site/juliancalaby/