question about a wireless router

[Sam]

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I have a wireless router that has two antennas. Do these
antennas work independant or do they work separately? Are
there any advantage do it, does it make a stronger signal
stregth?

 

[papa]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

At least for my router it is possible for the user to specify transmit or
send or both for each. Hopefully your router documentation will explain
this. Mine didn't.

"Sam" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a wireless router that has two antennas. Do these
> antennas work independant or do they work separately? Are
> there any advantage do it, does it make a stronger signal
> stregth?

 

[Mike]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Yes, you should be able to specify one or both antennas and even signal strength.

----- Sam wrote: -----

I have a wireless router that has two antennas. Do these
antennas work independant or do they work separately? Are
there any advantage do it, does it make a stronger signal
stregth?

 

[jr]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

One antenne is transmit&receive the other is receive only.
Both reception signals are combined in the receiver as
know by the term "diversity reception" meaning that the
receiver will pick the strongest signal of the two at all
times. You could be in a spot where one of the antenna's
doesn't get a good signal from you, but the other one
will as the distance between the antenna's is related to
the actual wavelenght of the RF signal.
Hope this helps....
This technique is widely used in Cellular communications..
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a wireless router that has two antennas. Do these
>antennas work independant or do they work separately?
Are
>there any advantage do it, does it make a stronger
signal
>stregth?
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