If My router has 2 stock antennas, which one should I reaplce with the Amped SB1000? Does it matter left one or right one? Keep the other one on too?
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Is does not matter. I recommend you place them as far apart from each other as possible in order to get more range. You should consider purchasing an extended cable.
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Replace the primary antenna of the two. Yes, the other antenna will also need to stay attached.
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Answers see to be conflicting - All our WiFi devices, 2 cell phones, 2 tablets, smart TV, and 2 laptops use 5Ghz. I have a high-end dual band router (ARRIS / Motorola Surfboard SBG6782-AC) and live in a home with lots of stucco walls/wire mesh = very poor wireless reception. I get about 5 Mbps WiFi outside the room where the router is located, but 125 Mbps with ethernet cable. Will this antenna boost the 5Ghz signal or just the 2.4Ghz? Thanks!
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The answers below are incorrect. If you have a dual-band router and attach this, it will boost ONLY your 2.4 GHz band and completely disable your 5.0 GHz band. I found this out the hard way. This antenna will NOT boost any 5.0 GHz band. It ONLy works on the 2.4 GHz band.
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If your existing cable modem/router uses an external antenna (antenna screwed on/protruding from the exterior of the unit) with an SMA connector you can then unscrew the existing antenna and connect the Amped antenna's SMA cable connector in it's place. Plug the AC power adapter for the Amped antenna into an outlet and your good to go.
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Thanks for the answer. I do not have external antenna on my router. I was looking for an antenna for the camera itself. I did move the router around a tad better reception. Again thank you.
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well i use a actiontec router and i accidentally broke my antenna. i bought the Alfa 9dBi WiFi Booster SMA antenna and it does the trick. it should work with your router too.
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You can use or two. I used two for two additional locations. Ended up sending everything back though. My cable is too old and has too much inteferance for really high speeds. My wifi did better.
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I tried this antenna and returned it. No improvement seen. When I then commented on this in my review I was told "you should have bought three, it's a three antenna router" (not by Asus, but somebody that was trying to be "helpful") . For the price of three antenna's, I could have bought a better router, so that makes no sense whatsoever.
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Mine has active return which is required for 2 way communications on cable systems where you use "on demand". When you use on demand you are actually sending a signal back to the cable company to command a request. The one you are looking at has passive return which is fine for antenna and cable systems where on demand is not required. Mine has an amplified return. The other one does not and will not work with on demand cable. I actually tried the one without active return and would noy work on my cable system with on demand
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I have this on my fios M424 router. It has 2 antenna inputs. I put this amped antenna on 1 of the inputs and it helped greatly.
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Do you mean buy one for multiple antennas being connected through one line or for a diffrent brand of antenn? If it's for a diffrent brand I'm sure you can, however you may not get great results. This was made using winegard antennas as it's source. Meaning the gains and things on other antennas may not be as compatable. If you talking using multiple antennas with the same connection then I'd say it probably won't help must because every connection distorts the signal strength . These boosters, amplifiers do not pull in signal strength, they enhance the signal . Your antenna gain is where your signal strength is. Do you mean buy one for multiple antennas being connected through one line or for a diffrent brand of antenn? If it's for a diffrent brand I'm sure you can, however you may not get great results. This was made using winegard antennas as it's source. Meaning the gains and things on other antennas may not be as compatable. If you talking using multiple antennas with the same connection then I'd say it probably won't help must because every connection distorts the signal strength . These boosters, amplifiers do not pull in signal strength, they enhance the signal . Your antenna gain is where... » Read More Do you mean buy one for multiple antennas being connected through one line or for a diffrent brand of antenn? If it's for a diffrent brand I'm sure you can, however you may not get great results. This was made using winegard antennas as it's source. Meaning the gains and things on other antennas may not be as compatable. If you talking using multiple antennas with the same connection then I'd say it probably won't help must because every connection distorts the signal strength . These boosters, amplifiers do not pull in signal strength, they enhance the signal . Your antenna gain is where your signal strength is. « Show Less
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with one of these antennas at Each side of the point to point link you will have no problem with solid connections while running at Plus 20dbm or more in power. If you run less power, you can expect degraded performance.
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For best results the amp should be as close to the antenna due to line loss when receiving a low level signal. The trick is keeping the power supply cool. I lost one due to high temp in the attic.
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You will need a wireless router that has removable and antennas. Unscrew one of the antennas and install the directional antenna in its place. It does not matter which antenna you choose to replace with the directional antenna. Just to let you know directionally antennas work best in pairs the best use of them is do you have one on your wireless router and then pair it with a wireless access point that has the same directional antenna. Most devices (cell phones tablets laptops) May be able to receive the Wi-Fi signal from your router they may not have enough power to send the signal back to the Wi-Fi router
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I have netgear nighthawk router and i have installed these antennas. So I recomend you to buy these.
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The antenna connections are the smaller type, I think they are called Reverse SMA or something like that but you can get adapter pigtail cables that will let you connect an N type connector to this router. Just make sure you keep your antenna cable as short as possible because there can be a lot of signal strength lost in the antenna cable itself.
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not working for me, tried all kinds of combinations with my amped SR20000g (2 antennas also), did not extend signal at all, major bummer
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Sounds like you will have conflict of two signals on the same bands. I have seen houses with two dish or antennas, but I suppose there is a switch in thier line or receivers.
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Mount the Antenna where the computer/monitor/router is going to be. You need only one.