(question) 3 antenna wireless card -- work with only 1 antenna?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 09:18:25AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> Some will.  Some won't.  At best you will get 150Mbps (and that's the
> theoretical max).
> 
> Two antennas max out at 300, and three antennas max out at 450Mbps.

Also part of 802.11n is actually MIMO (multiple in, multiple out) which
gives it longer range and better coverrage by using two or more antennas
to use reflections for signal boosting.  So by using one antenna (even
if it is a good one) you are likely to get a much worse result.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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