If i mod my router by replacing the internal antennas with external antennas will i still have beamforming?

[Lemarsghast]

I am planning on modding my Netgear R6300v2 by un-soldering the internal antenna connector responsible for the 5ghz band and soldering a rp sma connector in its place and attaching an external antenna. The router has Netgears beamforming plus technology. If i do this mod, will i still have the beamforming technology? And if not, is it possible for me to get an antenna that supports beamforming and use it? Thanks

 

[USAFRet]

If you're having WiFi range issues, I'd suggest just moving the router.
Or going with an ethernet cable.

 

[Lemarsghast]

If you're having WiFi range issues, I'd suggest just moving the router.
Or going with an ethernet cable.

I cannot move the router because i do not have another long ethernet cable for the internet. And i use an ethernet cable and wireless at the same time.

 

[USAFRet]

If you're having WiFi range issues, I'd suggest just moving the router.
Or going with an ethernet cable.

I cannot move the router because i do not have another long ethernet cable for the internet. And i use an ethernet cable and wireless at the same time.

Obtaining a new Cat5e is far, far safer than modding the antennas.

Might your concept work? Maybe. Maybe not.

 

[g90814]

I think it would help you a lot if you told us what the physical layout of your situation is, and perhaps we could help without you tearing apart your router.

Wireless signals can be improved many times by simple re-arrangements, or even just moving the router off the floor or a few feet to one side.

 

[bill001g]

So far most the tests that people have run are very inconclusive about beam forming when you run them in a home environment with walls involved. you never really know maybe the shortest path between the router and the end device goes though a metal pipe that is in the wall.

Generally you get better range on 2.4g than 5g even with beamforming. There are a couple of routers that do beamforming on 2.4g but that is a implementation that is not part of the 802.11 standard so you never really know which nic also support it.

You almost can't replace antenna even on routers that have external ones anymore. Thing like beam forming and even mimo have huge dependencies on the size and spacing of the antenna. You have to hope the router manufacture has optimized them as much as possible. Changing them may extend the range but cut the speed drastically if you can not use the multiple antenna configurations anymore.

Although I have never seen them enforce it changing the antenna on most routers will put them over the legal limit on transmit power. The vast majority of the better brand name routers put out the very close to the legal limit. Your particular router is at the 28-29db range in the fcc reports and 30db is the legal limit.