WiFi

[DerbyBorn]

Is there any technical reason why a hub cannot have a small discrete add on aerial so that my hub could hide behind the TV without reducing it's range?

[Andrew Gabriel]

You probably can't add one, but you probably could disconnect the internal one and fit an external one. This is likely to involve surface mount (de)soldering (they are often a tiny surface mount component nowadays).

If you are lucky, the PCB will be tracked for an SMD connector too, to allow a remote aerial to be fitted.

[<frde]

No, but its not a trivial thing to do design wise.

[John Rumm]

Has it got a reverse SMA connector or similar for connecting an aerial to?

[dennis]

Its easy if you have a hub with a conector for an external aerial.

But do you need it? Have you tried it where you want it to be.

[Martin Brown]

Some do have detatchable aerials that can be substituted with higher gain ones. But they tend to be expensive. You need a very steady hand for surface mount DIY work on the board if you want to play around.

To first order putting foil behind the hub at just the right distance will project more signal forwards. Less useful with MIMO.

[Harry Bloomfield]

DerbyBorn was thinking very hard :

If there is a connector on the PCB, or a plug in antenna it is easy to fit an external antenna and there are plenty to choose from on ebay. Using a homemade Yagi antenna plugged in place of the usual antenna on an access point, I easily managed to provide internet access to a location 1/2 mile distant.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , DerbyBorn escribió:

That's about the worst possible place you could put it, external antenna or not.

[Brian Gaff]

Only that it might be hard to disconnect an internal pcb aerial and match the output to an external on on a wire without losses you mean? Brrian