External wifi antenna possible using usb with no sma port on router?

[Lemarsghast]

I have a Netgear R6300v2 holding over 15 devices on wifi. I am a gamer and I am getting terrible signal with the 5ghz band from my laptop. I heard that external high gain antennas are far better than the crappy internal antennas inside the R6300v2, so i checked to see if the router had a sma port on it. It didnt. I remember seeing sma to usb adapters. If i have an adapter connected to the router with an antenna on it will it work as an external antenna? If not, are there any modifications to the router mobo that I can do? Thanks.

 

[Alabalcho]

Most of internal antennaes are just piece of PCB (printer circuit board) with special pattern, connected with piece of wire to the main board. If you have good skills, you can de-solder the antennae responsible for 5GHz band, solder a connector for new external antenna, and make it work.

Connecting USB WiFi adapter to the router will not make any sense (unless you can flash the firmware, and configure that adapter using CLI tools).

 

[Lemarsghast]

Most of internal antennaes are just piece of PCB (printer circuit board) with special pattern, connected with piece of wire to the main board. If you have good skills, you can de-solder the antennae responsible for 5GHz band, solder a connector for new external antenna, and make it work.

Connecting USB WiFi adapter to the router will not make any sense (unless you can flash the firmware, and configure that adapter using CLI tools).

Ok thanks, what materials besides a sodering iron do i need for this?

 

[bill001g]

This is where the FCC site is so nice, they require internal photos and it helps on questions like yours.

It appears this router has 6 antenna and they use a very standard form of snap connection to the main board (I forget the name). They are the same connection many laptop cards use. You should be able to buy short extension cables that let you connect to these prots and covert them to whatever you antenna needs.

That said it may not improve things much. 5g is easily blocked by walls and increasing the signal may just allow the walls to absorb even more. It also could be a problem on your PC end those tend to skimp on power and antenna because of size and battery requirements.


https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=Y&application_id=479045&fcc_id=PY313200227

If that link does not work try this one but you will have to click though a couple levels.
https://fcc.io/PY3/13200227

 

[Lemarsghast]

This is where the FCC site is so nice, they require internal photos and it helps on questions like yours.

It appears this router has 6 antenna and they use a very standard form of snap connection to the main board (I forget the name). They are the same connection many laptop cards use. You should be able to buy short extension cables that let you connect to these prots and covert them to whatever you antenna needs.

That said it may not improve things much. 5g is easily blocked by walls and increasing the signal may just allow the walls to absorb even more. It also could be a problem on your PC end those tend to skimp on power and antenna because of size and battery requirements.


https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=Y&application_id=479045&fcc_id=PY313200227

If that link does not work try this one but you will have to click though a couple levels.
https://fcc.io/PY3/13200227

Do you know weather the connection is rp sma ir regular sma? I will be posting pictures of the internals of my router soon. Thanks for the website as I also saw the connections.

 

[bill001g]

It is neither it is likely u.fl but there are a couple other ones that look very similar