>I'm curious as to how you hooked these antennas to the BEFW11S4, which I
>also have, and which has the same range limitations you describe.

>I also wanted to use my laptop on my deck, but can't even make it out the
>back door.

>A couple of questions:

>Did you hook up the new antennas via cabling to the jacks where the factory
>antennas were?

>Is the indoor antenna on one of the jacks, and the outdoor on the other?

>What did you do with the factory antennas? Couldn't one of them have been
>used as the indoor antenna at the end of your new cable?

>Thanks for your message below and any help you can give me with my
>questions.

>Cheers,

>Don

>SteveJC wrote in message ...
>>I have a Linksys BEFW11S4 and a Dlink DWL-650 WLan card.  When I first
>>set it up, the range was horrible (30' thru walls and ceiling).  I
>>wanted to use my laptop on the back of my deck, but the supplied
>>antennas would only allow me the closest point to the house (at 4-13%
>>signal).  Very disappointing.

>>After a lot of searching the newsgroups and other tech sites, I came
>>across Pelican Bay Internetworking at
>>http://www.techsplanet.com/wlan/index.htm.   Don Beckman over there
>>was very helpful and knowledgeable.  I purchased 2 antennas from him,
>>one indoor and one outdoor.

>>Today, I finally installed the outdoor antenna, and I haven't found
>>the range limit yet!!  I know it's there, but it's beyond the 300'
>>that I carried the laptop (neightbors thought I was nuts). The 4-13%
>>spot is now solidly 100% all the time, and the 300' spot is at 25%!!!

>>The antennas and cable were pricey, but they sure did the trick.  They
>>even came with the correct ends on them for the Linksys.

>>Tell Don that Steve sent ya (no, I don't work for him, just an
>>ecstatically happy customer!!)

>>If you haven't jumped into wLan yet, give him a call.  I wish I had
>>talked to him before I bought the Linksys and Dlink, but he done good
>>by me anyway.

>>Steve