Linksys wifi aerials?

Glaucus · 10 Jul 2008 at 20:42

I just got some 14db aerials of ebay to help boost the signal in the house. But they don't fit a wrt54G router. I know, I know should have checked before hand.

The new aerials are SMA male connector, what is on the router and is it possible to get converters?

Trifid · 10 Jul 2008 at 21:52

Yes it is. I can't remember where but I got a TNC aerial for RP-SMA on my Router. (I thought there was a single standard.)

It took some searching to find the site though. Was a general electrical parts place which looked very 'wholesaley' to me and not for home users wanting a single item.

Glaucus · 10 Jul 2008 at 22:02

so do I need a Male RP-TNC to a Female RP-SMA is that correct?

Trifid · 10 Jul 2008 at 22:16

I needed a "ReSMA Plug to ReTNC Socket"*, so it would probably be wise to assume you want a ReTNC plug to ReSMA socket.

*First link in google was the site, beginning with "s".

swinnie · 10 Jul 2008 at 22:30

AcidHell2 I ordered my antennas from a wholesale place that do good deals. Contact me if you want details.

Glaucus · 10 Jul 2008 at 22:34

Thanks swinnie but already ordered the adapters.

bledd · 11 Jul 2008 at 08:54

hmm, i could do with a boost,will look into this

Glaucus · 11 Jul 2008 at 09:05

bledd. said:
hmm, i could do with a boost,will look into this

the dreaded bay paid £6(inc postage) for 2x14db aerials(hong Kong). and £7.50 for the two converters(work it out from the above posts)

bledd · 11 Jul 2008 at 09:08

thanks for info

swinnie · 11 Jul 2008 at 09:09

Did you get the SMA antennas and get SMA to TNC Converters?

Glaucus · 11 Jul 2008 at 09:15

I got some of these, they look right

it's a tnc plug to sma socket

And yes the aerials are sma.

Glaucus · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:02

Adapters turned upto day. Thoroughly disappointed.

It's increased signal from 50% to 52%. Will have to have a bit more of a fiddle as I don't see how it has only given that the aerials are like almost 3 times longer and a fair bit fatter.

FrenchTart · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:06

Have you pointed the aerials in such a way that the *side* of them are facing your wireless card/laptop? The signal is strongest at the sides, weakest at the tips (e.g. if the tip was pointing towards your wireless card, you'd have weakest signal).

Could well be the receiver on your laptop/pc being rubbish too.

bledd · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:12

are you running tomato / dd-wrt on that? you can tell them to boost the signal by a large ammount

Glaucus · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:15

bledd. said:
are you running tomato / dd-wrt on that? you can tell them to boost the signal by a large ammount

Nope..

Re-arranged aerials and got it up to 56% still rubbish.

FrenchTart · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:19

I guess the best bet is to try out bledd's suggestion - I've heard good things about that firmware and wireless signal playing.

bledd · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:21

check it's compatible

http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato

»» Routers that are known to work with Tomato:

* Linksys WRT54G v1-v4, WRT54GS v1-v4, WRT54GL v1.x, WRTSL54GS (no USB support)
* Buffalo WHR-G54S, WHR-HP-G54, WZR-G54, WBR2-G54, WBR-G54, WZR-HP-G54, WZR-RS-G54, WZR-RS-G54HP, WVR-G54-NF, WHR2-A54-G54, WHR3-AG54
* Asus WL500G Premium (no USB support), WL500GE
* Sparklan WX6615GT, Fuji RT390W, Microsoft MN-700

This will not work on Linksys WRT54G/GS v5 or newer WRT54G/GS routers.

Tomato is the best thing I've found this year in pc terms

Glaucus · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:22

trouble is it's the wrt54G v5 which is the lemon and isn't supported by tomato

bledd · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:25

:/

i think the wireless strength is around 4x stronger (from 20 to 80) in mine, the laptop works anywhere in my flat now, with multiple thick walls

Glaucus · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:33

yeah I really should get a new router.. But I'm not sure where I'm going in september so will wait.