Re: making my own antenna for linksys router
Jeff Liebermann
>I have a linksys wrt54gc router and need to add an antenna to boost the
>strength. The recommended antenna is the high gain antenna hga7s for
>around $35. Whats involved if I want to make my own antenna, it looks
>like I need an sma adapter but couldn't I just use 2 feet of coaxil
>wire for the antenna?
Not much. See if any of these give you ideas. The reflector is the
easiest to build. Next easiest is the can followed by the biquad.
Reflectors:
http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/Ez-10/
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/antennas/Misc/slides/lantern-reflector.html
Biquad:
http://www.trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~redwood4/
http://martybugs.net/wireless/biquad/
http://www.saunalahti.fi/elepal/antenna4.html
Can:
http://www.nodomainname.co.uk/cantenna/cantenna.htm
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html
http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/CookieCantenna
Yagi:
http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/MicroTVAerial
Helical:
http://www.wireless.org.au/~jhecker/helix/
http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/BuildingHelicalAntennas
Vertical colinear:
http://mobileaccess.de/wlan/download/arlx-om2400-all-inst.pdf
http://www.tux.org/~bball/antenna/
Horn:
http://users.skynet.be/chricat/horn/horn-javascript.html
Patch:
http://www.lincomatic.com/wireless/wifipatchantenna.html
Dish:
http://www.weijand.nl/wifi/
http://www.wscicc.org/DishCantenna.htm
http://martybugs.net/wireless/conifermods.cgi
Discone:
http://www.olotwireless.net/catala/discono.htm
Assortments and tests:
http://www.wardrive.net/general/antenna
http://martybugs.net/wireless/antennacomp.cgi
http://reseaucitoyen.be/ancienwiki/index.php?HomeMade
http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/AntennaHowTo
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/has.html
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