(question) 3 antenna wireless card -- work with only 1 antenna?

William Park opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Tue Aug 28 18:20:05 UTC 2012


Hmm... Has anyone used a wireless router as wireless adapter?

Buying another wireless router (DIR-655 what I already have)
would be cheaper than buying separate 3-antenna adapter and
external 3-antenna.
-- 

William




----- Original Message -----
> From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Cc: 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 9:20:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: (question) 3 antenna wireless card -- work with only 1 antenna?
> 
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 09:18:25AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>>  Some will.  Some won't.  At best you will get 150Mbps (and that's 
> the
>>  theoretical max).
>> 
>>  Two antennas max out at 300, and three antennas max out at 450Mbps.
> 
> Also part of 802.11n is actually MIMO (multiple in, multiple out) which
> gives it longer range and better coverrage by using two or more antennas
> to use reflections for signal boosting.  So by using one antenna (even
> if it is a good one) you are likely to get a much worse result.
> 
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> Len Sorensen
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