Modifying a home wireless AP

CigarNut · 12-13-2014, 07:51 PM

I have put larger antenna on a Linksys in the past and it did make a big difference -- this was an older Linksys and it had the two ~5" antennas on the back and Linksys sold a kit with larger (~9") antennas to provide extra range. (I could also have used an external antenna but the longer ones satisfied my needs).

The catch is that the bandwidth was a little reduced for devices farther away from the AP.

There are always tradeoffs but often an antenna change is easier or less costly than moving the AP.

12-13-2014, 07:51 PM	#1
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