Prepaid Sim Wifi Router connector

[gwapongharjin]

I am looking to add an antenna to my router.

 

I have bought a IPEX to SMA connector but it may be the wrong one.

 

Here is the image of the internal board of the router.

 

Here is another image with the connector that I bought.

 

 

The circumference of the female and male are exactly the same and I am unable to push in the connector.

 

Can anybody let me know what the name of the female connector is and what type of male connector do I need to purchase?

 

Here is the actual image of the connector and here is the description:

• Impedance: 50 ohm
• Connectors: MMCX male right angle connector
• RP SMA female connector with male pin in the center
• Cable: RG316 cable
• Length: 6"(15cm)
   

 

Thank you.

 

EDIT:

Edited October 16, 2023 by gwapongharjin
Added connector information

[jaslion]

Could you first explain what goals your are trying to achieve here?

 

Also what 4g router this is?

[GrandNebSmada]

It looks like you bought an antenna with a male connector when the connectors on the board are also male. 

[gwapongharjin]

17 minutes ago, GrandNebSmada said:

It looks like you bought an antenna with a male connector when the connectors on the board are also male. 

Is this not an IPEX female connector? I have also added more info to my post regarding the cable that I bought.

 

[gwapongharjin]

23 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Could you first explain what goals your are trying to achieve here?

 

Also what 4g router this is?

I place my router by the window which has very bad signal. I am looking to add an external antenna that will hang from the roof.

 

Here is the link for Evoluzn FX-ID5 router.

[GrandNebSmada]

9 minutes ago, gwapongharjin said:

Is this not an IPEX female connector? I have also added more info to my post regarding the cable that I bought.

 

That does look to be the female, it's hard to tell from your picture. I'm not super knowledgeable about this subject, I though it was a simpler solution that it seems to be. Sorry. 

[Kilrah]

These are not connectors, they're factory test points. A probe is brought in and held there externally to do measurements, there's no facilty for holding a connection.

 

[gwapongharjin]

16 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

These are not connectors, they're factory test points. A probe is brought in and held there externally to do measurements, there's no facilty for holding a connection.

 

I am not sure about that.

 

Here is a video of someone doing it on the exact same router. I just don't know what kind of connector he used. Link is already timestamped at the point where he shows and connects to the ports.

[Kilrah]

The closest in size is u.fl / ipx (what it seems you intended to buy, but you got MMCX instead) and that's likely what he got.

But the gender is opposite, so even if it could be pushed on that wouldn't make contact, the board side needs the pin.

 

 

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, gwapongharjin said:

I am not sure about that.

 

Here is a video of someone doing it on the exact same router. I just don't know what kind of connector he used. Link is already timestamped at the point where he shows and connects to the ports.

I am sure, an antenna connector is the end of the line whereas those are clearly inline with the trace on the PCB going off to the antenna itself.

 

Adding extra antennas inline with an existing antenna is likely to cause problems as the router is designed for its antenna configuration and very complex algorithms to pickup reflections and multiple signals on the same frequency at different polarisations.  Potentially you can even fry the radios.

If you want an antenna outdoors you will have far better results with an outdoor router that will have all these antennas in the outdoor unit and not incur losses from the cable from outdoors to indoors.

[Kilrah]

15 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Adding extra antennas inline with an existing antenna

These test points have a spring contact so that when the probe tip is pushed on it breaks the continuity to the antenna. But yeah, there still isn't a mating connector since they aren't meant for permanent connections.

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, Kilrah said:

These test points have a spring contact so that when the probe tip is pushed on it breaks the continuity to the antenna. But yeah, there still isn't a mating connector since they aren't meant for permanent connections.

That and you'd need to connect antennas with the right frequency response to all of them, positioning them in the right orientation and distance apart for effective MIMO operation, and still might have too much gain and upset the RF amplifiers.

 

That's apart from the fact fitting custom antennas where they aren't intended could run into breaching regulatory requirements which can come with a huge fine.  Routers designed for external antenna will adjust the gain accordingly.