Wireless Router Antenna upgrades

luckyedboy66 · 04-12-2008, 02:53 AM

hey guys, its been a while since i've visited CF!

Okay, here's the deal: im at a college with spotty wifi coverage, and theres a house (the "bachelor pad") across the road from the dorms that has a linksys WRT54G router from which i can get signal every once in a while. i have seen wifi router antennae replacement upgrades online for relatively cheap, and im wandering if it would be worth my while to invest in one.
it boasts 5x signal boostage, which seems too good to be true, but if it would even boost it 2x would make it worth it.
im pretty sure it would fit the antenna connection, but the router has 2 antennae and im wondering if i will need to get 2 antenna upgrades.

any help would be much appreciated!

aSc1@3 · 04-12-2008, 03:06 AM

if you want to replace the anttenae, then you would need two. But, you could also get a wifi extender.

luckyedboy66 · 04-12-2008, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aSc1@3

if you want to replace the anttenae, then you would need two. But, you could also get a wifi extender.

true, but ive always been skeptical of those, and 2 new antennae costs $12 vs. $40-50 for an extender.

do you know if i have to have 2x new antennae; will it improve with only one?

aSc1@3 · 04-12-2008, 03:22 AM

maybe, but to be safe, i would replace both

04-12-2008, 02:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
luckyedboy66 Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: AlAbAmA Age: 19 Posts: 810	Wireless Router Antenna upgrades hey guys, its been a while since i've visited CF! Okay, here's the deal: im at a college with spotty wifi coverage, and theres a house (the "bachelor pad") across the road from the dorms that has a linksys WRT54G router from which i can get signal every once in a while. i have seen wifi router antennae replacement upgrades online for relatively cheap, and im wandering if it would be worth my while to invest in one. it boasts 5x signal boostage, which seems too good to be true, but if it would even boost it 2x would make it worth it. im pretty sure it would fit the antenna connection, but the router has 2 antennae and im wondering if i will need to get 2 antenna upgrades. any help would be much appreciated! __________________ Laptop: HP DV9000z CPU: AMD Turion64x2 2.0 Ghz GPU: nVidia GeForce go7600 RAM: 2048Mb, HDD: 2.5" 120Gb, OS: Windows Vista ____________________''''!____. \|------- [hp] -------- \| ![=\|[ ]\___ \|_...__...____________\| ![ \|_\| ///.]\| "(@)'(@)'''''''''''''''''''''''''''(@)(@)***(@ )

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aSc1@3 Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kentucky Age: 13 Posts: 417	maybe, but to be safe, i would replace both __________________ MSI PM8M-V--Celeron 478 2.5ghz OCed to 3.0ghz Stock HSF--2X 512mb DDR 400 Ram DVD&CD Reader--CD Burner--200gb Hdd ElitePc Case--Allied 300watt PSU(Broken) nVidia GeforceFX 5200 AGP 8x--XP Pro SP3 Looky, Looky, Clicky, Clicky!

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