Which of these external antennas will improve my Buffalo router?

[mmx]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi...ubmit=ENE&SubCategory=342&N=2000410342

I'm getting the buffalo something 54.
I want to add an antenna to improve the signal all over the home and pass through the walls.

Which ones do you have and recommend?

 

[marulee]

Go for the same brand. BUFFALO WLE-HG-NDC 7 dBi. And this is outdoor!

Alternate choose can be D-Link ANT24-0400 2.4GHz Omni-Directional 4dBi. Although it is only indoor, 'Omni directional' (=360') & fairly works great. (ANT24-0700) Price is pretty fair enough, durable.

 

[JackMDS]

If Anteena can help, it should be an Omni Directional, and at least 7dbi.

However when it comes to inddor in many case No Antenna would help.

These pages have a collection of other solutions.

Extending Distance - http://www.ezlan.net/Distance.html

Wireless Router as an Access Point - http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html

Wireless Bridging - http://www.ezlan.net/bridging

Hi Gain Antenna - http://www.ezlan.net/antennae.html

 

[Fike]

Better antennas will only help you marginally if you don't have them on both ends of the connection (the AP and the client device). You are better off monkeying with the location of the AP. I moved my AP over 2 feet after I realized that I had it directly under the ductwork in my basement. that improved signals significantly. Get a longer ethernet cable and start moving it around to other spots in the room/house.


If you really need a better signal, you can get two APs and set them up in repeater mode for each other, but that does decrease your bandwidth and increase your latency slightly. for everyday web surfing stuff it should be seamless though.


also, don't sit the AP on top of your microwave.