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Linksys launched "premium antennas" that increase horizontal range

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The antennas, sold in two- and four-packs for $60 and $100 (models WRT002ANT and WRT004ANT respectively).
 

Linksys says the dual-band antennas will deliver gain of 4dBi in the 2.4GHz frequency band and 7dBi in the 5GHz band, compared to the 2.5dBi and 3.5dBi gain respectively that the average stock antenna provides. The omnidirectional antennas use standard RP-SMA connectors, so you should be able to mount them to just about any router with upgradeable antennas.

 

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hurray  for upgraded-able antenna, but those price , i rather get a  wifi extender or a powerline.

 

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http://www.linksys.com/us/p/P-WRT002ANT/           2pack

 

http://www.linksys.com/us/p/P-WRT004ANT/           4pack

 

http://www.techhive.com/article/2942151/linksys-ships-high-gain-replacement-router-antennas.html

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Seems like a gimmick, but I think I'll order me some to test it out.

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so....that comes to 160$ for this router? 

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so....that comes to 160$ for this router? 

 

 

Tell me about it... I'm using a Nighthawk X6

 

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Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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Ez..pfft

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Ez..pfft

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an sli bridge I about spit my drink

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Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

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Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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This is my house right now xD 

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Nice try but there's no SLI connector on that. It could've eliminated the unappealing cables.

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Get on mah level

That's a picture of my family and I on the front lawn of our property.

 

Forgot to actually add my thoughts. I imagine these are snake-oil. I'll hold out on my final views until I see the numbers.

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@Texhnlyze @Syntaxvgm

Get on mah level

That's a picture of my family and I on the front lawn of our property.

 

Forgot to actually add my thoughts. I imagine these are snake-oil. I'll hold out on my final views until I see the numbers.

 

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Keep trying mate.

 

 

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The antennas, sold in two- and four-packs for $60 and $100 (models WRT002ANT and WRT004ANT respectively).

 

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hurray  for upgraded-able antenna, but those price , i rather get a  wifi extender or a powerline.

 

Source:

http://www.linksys.com/us/p/P-WRT002ANT/           2pack

 

http://www.linksys.com/us/p/P-WRT004ANT/           4pack

 

http://www.techhive.com/article/2942151/linksys-ships-high-gain-replacement-router-antennas.html

@LinusTech should test this so we know if it's true.

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thats it. I lost my shit.

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Keep trying mate.

 

 

Too much?

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thats it. I lost my shit.

 

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Not even in final form yet mate. Now featuring SLI antennas. 

 

Too much?

A bit too much ya. :D

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I think the ones on my asus stock might be just as good but if their not I might upgrade I need 4.

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Also a heads up as to why the gain is lower on the 2.4ghz. That's because their 5ghz antennas. They can work with 2.4 but the gain will be roughly half. The same can not even said he other way around. Putting 2.4ghz antennas on a 5ghz radio wouldn't net you very much range and probably a decrease off stock. The slightly decreased gain on 2.4 vs 5 when using a 5ghz antenna is not a huge thing either because 2.4ghz natively has more wall penetration.

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The allowed path loss of the system is ~60 - 100 dB. Adding 3.5 dB (max. @5 GHz) is not a lot. One wall costs you 10 - 20 dB.

 

Only if you are on the edge and the higher SNR allows to use a better coding (QAM-16 inseted of QAM-32) for example you can get ~25% more speed (best case).

More likely is 0-10% improvement.

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i hope no one will fall for the applesque scam "premium antennas " my ass

 

just buy a 1 watt amp and a big antenna and your set

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It looks like you could cook a chicken with that.

 

Anyway $60 is a bit much for my 20€ router :P

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