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| 715257 | 2008-10-28 01:53:00 | Quick Question I have a linksys router that has two antenna on the side. If I replaced one of the antenna to a 10dbi and leave the one that originally came with it will it matter? Will the signal that the router produce becomes uneven since one antenna is like 3cm long and the other one is 30cm? The 3cm antenna is 3.5dbi I think and the other antenna is 10dbi thats 30cm long |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 715258 | 2008-10-28 02:08:00 | No, should be good to go........they are separate antenna which can be adjusted for better reception independently. | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 715259 | 2008-10-28 03:08:00 | Do remember that a wifi network is only as good as it's weakest link. You may be able to get the wireless signal an extra 50m, but chances are if the receiving hardware is on the limit now, it's not going to be able to send a good signal back to the router. A range extender is what you really would want, but I know they are always possible/economical to install. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 715260 | 2008-10-28 03:25:00 | Do remember that a wifi network is only as good as it's weakest link. You may be able to get the wireless signal an extra 50m, but chances are if the receiving hardware is on the limit now, it's not going to be able to send a good signal back to the router. A range extender is what you really would want, but I know they are always possible/economical to install. Oops, I thought that was what she was doing...... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 715261 | 2008-10-28 03:28:00 | :p My post was directed at the OP, but I have seen it time and time again, someone buys a high gain antenna, and it doesn't do anything. The wireless signal goes a lot further, but the PCs/laptops can't throw the signal back any further than they could before. If you have a desktop PC that has detachable antenna you can get a high gain antenna for that too, but after the $$$ involved there you've better off getting a range extender. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 715262 | 2008-10-28 03:29:00 | Do remember that a wifi network is only as good as it's weakest link. You may be able to get the wireless signal an extra 50m, but chances are if the receiving hardware is on the limit now, it's not going to be able to send a good signal back to the router. A range extender is what you really would want, but I know they are always possible/economical to install. I had a Linksys WRE54G wireless extender.Never got it to work.Very hard to setup and i couldn't even connect it to my router maybe because Im using the DDRWRT firmware but I doubt thats the issue |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 715263 | 2008-10-28 16:15:00 | Oops, I thought that was what she was doing...... Um.I'm not a she* |
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