TNC Connector on Router Antenna

[wirm]

I've had an old D-Link router in my house for a couple years, and saw a decent deal on some high-gain 7 DBi antennas online. So I bought the antennas, and now I don't know how to connect them to the router.

The antennas use a TNC connector which is too big to connect to the router's antenna spot. The router's antenna is this tiny little thing that looks like a min-coaxial input.

Is there some kind of converter that I can buy to use the giant high-gain antenna I bought?

Thanks

 

[Fardringle]

There are several different types of connections for antennas on wireless routers. You need an antenna with the same connector as the router.

You can connect those antennas to the router with an adapter like this one. I believe this is the one you need, but look very closely at the enlarged picture to make sure the connections are right. If not, take a look down this list to see if they have one with the connections in the right direction.

Be aware that everything between the router and the antenna (including this adapter and a long cable) can reduce the signal quality and quite possibly negate any benefits that you would receive from using the higher gain antennas.

 

[JackMDS]

The smallest connectors are called MC.

There are adapters, and or pig tails from mc to TNC.

Example: http://www.globalsources.com/m...rers/MC-Connector.html

Make sure that you get the type to fits both the Router and the Antenna

 

[wirm]

ugh,

I paid $10 for that antenna. That's more twice as much as I paid for the router 🙁
I'd hate to have to pay more for the adapter.

Thx for your help folks.