High-Gain Antennas for WRT1900 AC router

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Hello Everyone,

I would like to get High-Gain Antennas for my router. Searching on google brought me to Linksys High-Gain Antennas, 4-Pack (WRT004ANT ) which is $65. I would like to know if the antennas THAT MUCH specific that they have to be used with particular router? Cant i just get generic high-gain such us these Super Power Supply® 4 x 9dBi 2.4GHz 5GHz Dual Band WiFi RP-SMA Antenna https://www.amazon.com/Super-Power-Supply-TL-WR1043ND-WZR-HP-G450H/dp/B00L83EYUA/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1488544356&sr=1-1&keywords=High-Gain+Antennas
 
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Pretty much omni directional antenna are just a piece of wire cut to the proper length...it is a little more complex but that is the most important thing.

Any antenna that has the proper connectors will work pretty much the same. As long as the company selling them is reputable they should work. There is no way to really tell though if they are valid, a company from china could sell you a tree branch and call it a antenna.

Be aware in most cases the problem is not the antenna or radios on your router. The problem is the tiny antennas on things like cell phones and tablets that cause most the issues. Also things like Mimo are very dependent on the antenna placement and spacing on the router. In rare cases you may actually get...
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Pretty much omni directional antenna are just a piece of wire cut to the proper length...it is a little more complex but that is the most important thing.

Any antenna that has the proper connectors will work pretty much the same. As long as the company selling them is reputable they should work. There is no way to really tell though if they are valid, a company from china could sell you a tree branch and call it a antenna.

Be aware in most cases the problem is not the antenna or radios on your router. The problem is the tiny antennas on things like cell phones and tablets that cause most the issues. Also things like Mimo are very dependent on the antenna placement and spacing on the router. In rare cases you may actually get less coverage. Replacing antenna used to be much simple when only a single antenna was used now things are massively complex and you need a rf engineering degree to figure stuff out.

 
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Thank you bill001g.

Well my major issue is WiFi speed drops. I have 200mb internet and i often end up with 2-10mb wifi speed. I was thinking getting more power full antenna will maybe fix that. Also issue is across different platforms. My stationary PC with wifi adapter looses speed just as much.
 
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The more common issue lately is not the signal levels but the amount of signals you get from neighbors interfering.

You can try larger antenna but the problem is as you increase the signal strength on your router the wall etc also increase in their ability to absorb the signal. This is one of those things you just keep trying things until you get the best results.
 
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