Posted November 4, 2019 Okay, I know this is likely a stupid idea, but has anyone tried mounting internal wifi antenna in a PC case with any success? I just ordered the Streacom da2 since my current case is an oven, and there is a vented top area that I was thinking of putting internal wifi antenna in. I know it won't be as effective as an external antenna but those are just so ugly. I was thinking of using something like this: https://www.amazon.com/IPEX-Internal-Antenna-M-2-Wireless/dp/B07QDTXGGJ/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=internal+wifi+antenna+m.2&qid=1572894142&sr=8-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, Sorenson said: Okay, I know this is likely a stupid idea, but has anyone tried mounting internal wifi antenna in a PC case with any success? I just ordered the Streacom da2 since my current case is an oven, and there is a vented top area that I was thinking of putting internal wifi antenna in. I know it won't be as effective as an external antenna but those are just so ugly. I was thinking of using something like this: https://www.amazon.com/IPEX-Internal-Antenna-M-2-Wireless/dp/B07QDTXGGJ/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=internal+wifi+antenna+m.2&qid=1572894142&sr=8-3 As soon as you put antennas inside a metal box, you lose signal strength and consistency. I don't recommend it. Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/ Stille (Desktop) Ryzen 9 3900XT@4.5Ghz - Cryorig H7 Ultimate - 16GB Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz- MSI RTX 3080 Ti Ventus 3x OC - SanDisk Plus 480GB - Crucial MX500 500GB - Intel 660P 1TB SSD - (2x) WD Red 2TB - EVGA G3 650w - Corsair 760T Evoo Gaming 15" i7-9750H - 16GB DDR4 - GTX 1660Ti - 480GB SSD M.2 - 1TB 2.5" BX500 SSD VM + NAS Server (ProxMox 6.3) 1x Xeon E5-2690 v2 - 92GB ECC DDR3 - Quadro 4000 - Dell H310 HBA (Flashed with IT firmware) -500GB Crucial MX500 (Proxmox Host) Kingston 128GB SSD (FreeNAS dev/ID passthrough) - 8x4TB Toshiba N300 HDD Toys: Ender 3 Pro, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Quest 2, about half a dozen raspberry Pis (2b to 4), Arduino Uno, Arduino Mega, Arduino nano (x3), Arduino nano pro, Atomic Pi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 4, 2019 Depending on the chassis it may have a path to ground if the PSU happens to have a good enough connection with the case. This could cause a bit of a faraday cage affect. You'd lose signal strength/integrity. How much I can't say. It'd vary based on the design of the box. Guides & Tutorials: PROXMOX - Rebuilding ZFS RAID rpool After Disk Failure Mass Deploying Customized Windows 10/11 Installs Building a GNU/Linux Based Windows Deployment Server GNU/Linux Installer Server: Installation & Configuration How to: Use (i)PXE to Install Windows from a Network Why Memorize IP's When You Can Self-Host DNS Instead? Ventoy - The USB Multi-Boot Utility! Introduction to PXE/iPXE Network Boot Featuring FreeBSD & Ubuntu Server Don't see what you need? Check the Full List or *PM me, if I haven't made it I'll add it to the list. *NOTE: I'll only add it to the list if the request is something I know I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 4, 2019 So, in the interest of science, I've just put the antenna of my MSI X570 MEG ACE inside my case, set on top of the gpu backplate. The case has a glass side panel aimed towards the router, and the top panel is slightly open to allow the cable to pass through. The signal strength dropped significantly, from full to 2-3 bars (using the win10 tray icon to measure, which is perhaps the worst way to measure anything, but this is an experiment designed and conducted in about a minute), but it doesn't seem to have a big impact on network performance. Switching the panels around (glass towards the wall, metal towards the router) resulted in the 5GHz signal being completely dead. Auto-switched to 2,4GHz, with the strength at more or less the same place where it was with 5GHz and glass The router is about 6-7 meters away, behind a wall/closed door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 4, 2019 Author 43 minutes ago, Yebi said: So, in the interest of science, I've just put the antenna of my MSI X570 MEG ACE inside my case, set on top of the gpu backplate. The case has a glass side panel aimed towards the router, and the top panel is slightly open to allow the cable to pass through. The signal strength dropped significantly, from full to 2-3 bars (using the win10 tray icon to measure, which is perhaps the worst way to measure anything, but this is an experiment designed and conducted in about a minute), but it doesn't seem to have a big impact on network performance. Switching the panels around (glass towards the wall, metal towards the router) resulted in the 5GHz signal being completely dead. Auto-switched to 2,4GHz, with the strength at more or less the same place where it was with 5GHz and glass The router is about 6-7 meters away, behind a wall/closed door. Thanks for the testing, perhaps I should look into discreetly mounting the antennas on the outside of the case. But at $6 I’m not to worried about wasting my money on the antennas. I’ll grab them and try mounting them inside under the mesh top panel and out side the case in the name of science. My pc case sits about 5ft away from a netgear orbi range extender when it isn’t plugged into Ethernet. My biggest concern is will it substantially increase my ping in games I play online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2020 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/310504-any-htpc-internal-wifi-mod/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, tailslol said: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/310504-any-htpc-internal-wifi-mod/ Would have made more sense to put them behind the plastic front panel pieces. Not only would there be less signal blocked, but they would also be further apart. Router: Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz) WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up) Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 28, 2020 Author 4 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said: Would have made more sense to put them behind the plastic front panel pieces. Not only would there be less signal blocked, but they would also be further apart. There is no plastic front panel on the DA2. It’s surrounded by aluminum on all sides. There is just a very tiny plastic part for the power button that wouldn’t let signal through imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 28, 2020 Just now, Sorenson said: There is no plastic front panel on the DA2. It’s surrounded by aluminum on all sides. There is just a very tiny plastic part for the power button that wouldn’t let signal through imo. I was referring to the linked post, as it seemed a poor example of how to do it. Router: Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz) WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up) Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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