I was wondering if I should place this thread in the network streaming section but considering the DIY aspect placed it here.
It has been long that I was using my WRT610N v1 router as my home router, a 3 storeyed building with the router In 1st floor but unfortunately on one extereme side of the house. Recently I was able to shift the router to an approx middle point in my floor and that did improve the reception on the opposite corner of the building that otherwise either did not receive signal at all or suffered from frequent connection dropouts.
Now with new positioning of router the corener places received minimum connect speeds of 100 mbps. When I copied files over network the throughput was not that great may be max 5 mbps (the real copy speed) in front of the router over wifi N mixed mode and max 2mbps in the corners.
In order to increase the throughput I decided to install high gain antennas although the original router did not have provisions for installing antennas at all. Bought the following high gain antenna pair from ebay.com and got shipped via shopabroadonline.com total came around 1900 INR.
9dBi Antenna Mod Kit No Soldering Netgear WNDR3700 WNDR3800 D-Link DAP-1522 | eBay
Post shipment now was the time to install, for hours I though how to drill holes on the router where I did not have a drill then came another idea and posting pics below of the entire process
Prior to installation the router and the antennas
The 4 screws at the back that needs to be removed
After removing the 4 screws at the back the router needs to be separated from the top portion by a little force using screw driver or chisel, there are some internal locking grooves.
Inner view of the router circuit, note that there are 3 (2G) + 3 (5G) antenna points on the circuit board, however in the router there are only 4 antennas, 4 connections (2 from 2G side and 2 from 5G side) go to the bigger antennas and the reminaing 2 connections go to the smaller antennas. I decided to go for the bigger ones on the 2G side since I do not much use the 5G and anyways 5G suggeres from range problem anyway.
I passed the two wires of the high gain antennas from the wall mounting hole to inside the router
One by one removed the connector on the 2G side to the stock internal antennas and connected the new connectors. No soldering required, works buy normal hand presuure, fits and locks
Once done, put back on the screws and cover
Now took a thermocol from my HTPC cabinet packing and stuck the two antennas inside the thermocol and connected the wires, now the router is ready.
Now the throughput in mixed mode have not improved in front if the router and remains 4 - 5 mbps (real speed) but the most important aspect being that the same throughput in the corners have now improved to 5 mbps which is almost double than what I had received earlier, also instead of 3 bars I get now consistent 4 bars in the corners. I will test the N-only mode throughput later on and re-post.
It has been long that I was using my WRT610N v1 router as my home router, a 3 storeyed building with the router In 1st floor but unfortunately on one extereme side of the house. Recently I was able to shift the router to an approx middle point in my floor and that did improve the reception on the opposite corner of the building that otherwise either did not receive signal at all or suffered from frequent connection dropouts.
Now with new positioning of router the corener places received minimum connect speeds of 100 mbps. When I copied files over network the throughput was not that great may be max 5 mbps (the real copy speed) in front of the router over wifi N mixed mode and max 2mbps in the corners.
In order to increase the throughput I decided to install high gain antennas although the original router did not have provisions for installing antennas at all. Bought the following high gain antenna pair from ebay.com and got shipped via shopabroadonline.com total came around 1900 INR.
9dBi Antenna Mod Kit No Soldering Netgear WNDR3700 WNDR3800 D-Link DAP-1522 | eBay
Post shipment now was the time to install, for hours I though how to drill holes on the router where I did not have a drill then came another idea and posting pics below of the entire process
Prior to installation the router and the antennas
The 4 screws at the back that needs to be removed
After removing the 4 screws at the back the router needs to be separated from the top portion by a little force using screw driver or chisel, there are some internal locking grooves.
Inner view of the router circuit, note that there are 3 (2G) + 3 (5G) antenna points on the circuit board, however in the router there are only 4 antennas, 4 connections (2 from 2G side and 2 from 5G side) go to the bigger antennas and the reminaing 2 connections go to the smaller antennas. I decided to go for the bigger ones on the 2G side since I do not much use the 5G and anyways 5G suggeres from range problem anyway.
I passed the two wires of the high gain antennas from the wall mounting hole to inside the router
One by one removed the connector on the 2G side to the stock internal antennas and connected the new connectors. No soldering required, works buy normal hand presuure, fits and locks
Once done, put back on the screws and cover
Now took a thermocol from my HTPC cabinet packing and stuck the two antennas inside the thermocol and connected the wires, now the router is ready.
Now the throughput in mixed mode have not improved in front if the router and remains 4 - 5 mbps (real speed) but the most important aspect being that the same throughput in the corners have now improved to 5 mbps which is almost double than what I had received earlier, also instead of 3 bars I get now consistent 4 bars in the corners. I will test the N-only mode throughput later on and re-post.
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