Router Antenna

[Seth]

I'm trying to install this (ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/ant240700/QIG/ANT240700_QIG_100.pdf) antenna on a d-link router. The problem is that the antenna on the router doesn't use a standard connector. It's just a round plastic clip that holds the antenna to the router. It's easy enough to get out, but how should I install the new antenna?

Can I just clip the old antenna wire and solder it to the new antenna wire?

[Dan18960]

I don't understand your problem. The old antenna should unscrew from the male connector on the router and the cable from the extension antenna female should replace the antenna female.

I think you are looking at this in the wrong light. The clip end as you call it should be treaded and you have to to use a pliers to grip it from turning freely on the female connector.

I put in several Linksys and they were a piece of cake to extend.

[kern]

if your router has an unusual antenna connector, leave well enough alone and build one of these ---> http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/Ez-10/

[Seth]

I don't understand your problem. The old antenna should unscrew from the male connector on the router and the cable from the extension antenna female should replace the antenna female.

I think you are looking at this in the wrong light. The clip end as you call it should be treaded and you have to to use a pliers to grip it from turning freely on the female connector.

That's just it...there is no thread! This D-Link router (model di-784) doesn't have a standard connector. There is no thread on the antenna end, nor where it mounts to the router. It's just a round clip. To remove this antenna, you have to open the router and squeeze the clip.

A deflector won't work. The router and computer can't be moved. The computer is just far enough away to cause a weak signal. That's why I'm installing the new anntenna.

I'm going ahead with the soldering idea. It should work fine.

[dbarrow]

How about the computer end? What connector does that have?

Bear in mind that many of these are reverse polarity SNMP connector plugs.

A cantenna connected to the Netgear wireless NIC card in daughter's computer worked like a charm.

Is it an interference problem?
Cordless phones and a host of other household items are known to jam signal.

There are also some wireless extenders that plug into your household outlets.