Yes I had and still have two loose wires (black and white) with bare
copper ends. They lay across the wifi card which i think is a
PA3373U-1MPC. Maybe the wires should connect to the card. But I
would have to get the right wire to the right connection. Also I
would have to either clip the wire ends to something or solder them. I
see no evidence of prior soldering. I do see two little pins on the
board marked 'main' and 'aux', but no idea if they are related. Since
the board is removable, and the wires are not, I have to assume the
attachments, if there are any, are clips of some sort. Think so?
I wish I were more sure that the wires should attach to the board, but
that does make some sense, huh?
Maybe if I could just read somewhere that the two wires indeed are
antenna wires. I don't even know that for sure.
Thanks for your interest.
Duke
When you install a Wifi card, you...
1) Slide the Wifi module into the mini-PCI slot, so it is seated.
The Wifi module gets power and digital connections via that slot.
2) Examine the module for "Main" and "Aux". Those should be
coaxial connectors. A coaxial cable, consists of a central
conductor, plus a round mesh or foil shield that goes around
it. Plastic is used to insulate the central wire, so it
doesn't touch the shield. An example of such a construct,
is your cable TV wire. It is similar in design, just a bit bigger.
You should *only* connect coaxial cabling to "Main" and "Aux". If
you had a cable with a coaxial connector on one end, and bare wires
on the other end, you wouldn't use it.
coaxial cable
Coaxial_connector -------------------- bare wires (Do not use)
The only thing valid to connect as an antenna, is like this.
No bare wires should be exposed.
coaxial cable
Coaxial_connector -------------------- antenna_assembly
The reason for this, is antennas work best, if there is "power transfer".
Maximum power transfer occurs, if the coax cable and antenna, match
the impedance of the Main and Aux connectors. If that is the case,
none of the transmitter power is "reflected backwards".
This is an example of a complete antenna assembly.
http://www.zkarlo.com/ZkarloImages/ProductImages/R58.jpg
There is a PCB assembly on the end of each cable. That
contains a dipole structure or the like, which is
the actual impedance matched antenna. It doesn't have
a lot of exposed area, but still works fine. Trust
the RF engineers, to do it right. There is no need
to connect giant "buggy whips" to the thing, to make
your Wifi work.
Paul