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| Date Reviewed: 01/29/2005 |
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 I read all the reviews, so I purchased these anten ... Strengths: Easy to Install
Weaknesses: Did not increase my router's signal strength that much
Summary: 2005-01-30 08:36:04 I read all the reviews, so I purchased these antennas fully aware that they may not work as well as I would have hoped. Therefore I wasn't as disappointed as I could have been, had I been expecting a whole lot more...OK, here's my review. I am trying to be as descriptive as possible to help others decide if they should buy these antennas. All situations are different--router location, house construction, wireless equipment used on the computer, etc...I have a Dell Latitude C610 with a 1.2Mhz PIII Processor, 768MB of RAM, with a Dell Truemobile 1300 Mini-PCI internal wireless B/G network card installed. The C610 has dual internal antennas, so naturally I have them both attached to the wireless card. My router is located in a finished, poured concrete basement about 10 feet from the southeast corner of my house. The house is frame construction with vinyl siding, and forced air HVAC. My Linksys WRT54G router is about 5 feet off the ground on my PC workdesk. I normally use my laptop either in the dining room on the first floor of the house, or the kitchen also on the first floor. As the crow flies, the dining room table is probably 12 feet from the router, and the kitchen table is about 25 feet from the router. The wireless signals have to pass by a lot of those metal HVAC vents on the way to the kitchen, and of course ceilings and walls up from the basement. Prior to installing the new antennas, I was receiving the following signal quality. DINING ROOM:
-39dBm, Signal description: Excellent, Connection Speed: 54MBPS. KITCHEN: -75dBm, Signal description: Low, Connection Speed: 24MBPS. I turned off the router. Installing the antennas was a breeze. I did not use the antenna stabilizer cross bar that comes with the new antennas, because then you can't point them in any direction except straight up, and I seem to get a little better reception when they are in a slight V-shape. I turned the router back on, and got the following signal quality: DINING ROOM: -39dBm, Signal description: Excellent, Connection Speed: 54MBPS. KITCHEN: -68dBm, Signal description: Very good (most of the time the wireless monitor refreshed. Occasionally it was low). Connection speed: 36MBPS. So you can draw your own conclusions from this review to decide if you have a similar situation, if buying these antennas is the thing to do. They did improve my reception in the kitchen. I am now connecting at 12MBPS faster and have a little better signal quality. I got these antennas from Buy.com for $41.95 and free shipping. I saw one can pay a lot more for them at other places. Did they improve my signal strength $42.00 worth? I'll let you readers be the judge of that.
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| Date Reviewed: 10/15/2004 |
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 i bought these antenna's because i needed to impro ... Strengths: easy to install
Weaknesses: not as powerful
Summary: i bought these antenna's because i needed to improve the singal from my upstairs office to my dining room about seventy five feet away it only improved it about ten percent i am disapointed
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| Date Reviewed: 12/06/2004 |
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Strengths: Works great, trivial to install.
Weaknesses: Very expensive for the simple product that it is.
Summary: Walls in my house are plaster, which is held in place with steel mesh that's inside the walls. Wi-Fi connectivity in the house is just horrible as all the steel in the walls does an excellent job weakening the signal. I tried a couple of different routers and high-gain antennas – but without much success. I still had a few spots in the house where signal was unworkable. Including the spot where I like having my PC! HGA7T definitely did the trick for me, although my signal quality increased substantially only after I also installed a 7 dBi antenna on my network card in the PC (used HGA7S for that). I'm happy with this purchase but wish the price wasn't quite so high.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/18/2004 |
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 I was attempting to improve the signal strength fo ... Strengths: Easy to install
Weaknesses: Doesn't work as advertised.
Summary: I was attempting to improve the signal strength for a wireless PC located 20 feet away from the transmitter. The use of these OVERPRICED antenni didn't improve the signal one bit. Please consider the seller's return policy BEFORE you purchase the HGA7T high gain antenna kit. You most likely will want to return it if it doesn't work for your application.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/30/2005 |
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Bought this antenna kit after research-- and this ...
Strengths: Easy to install; no configuration necessary
Weaknesses: Modest increase in LAN performance; no instructions for optimization of use
Summary: Bought this antenna kit after research-- and this site-- influenced me that it would be the easiest low-cost solution to my poor upstairs wireless connection to the 'net. The antenna kit seems to have made a difference, and I'm getting a stronger, more dependable signal from my Linksys B router. I think the price is high relative to the cost of the total network hardware, though; a new Speedbooster G router is only twenty bucks more.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/27/2005 |
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Good enough for those just out of reach areas. Wil ...
Strengths: Did what I needed it to do but...
Weaknesses: was not as powerful as I would have liked.
Summary: Good enough for those just out of reach areas. Will not boost the signal as far as it states. Definatly very over priced. Even with the $5 off its not a good deal. Would not buy again. Getting the wap11 as a repeater does a much better job.
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| Date Reviewed: 08/30/2004 |
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Strengths: my and out of site
Weaknesses: none
Summary: I wasn't able to get access to my wireless network three stories up. When I hooked these antenna's up I was able to get access. I know this item works
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| Date Reviewed: 10/03/2006 |
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Strengths: Gain of 10db in some areas compared to comparable equipment
Weaknesses: none; decent price, excellent product
Summary: I have roughly 10 sma and tnc antennas ranging from +5dbi to +9dbi in various configurations laying around that I try and swap around until I can get the best combination. The best signal with my best antenna was -38 to -40db according to DD-WRT on my WRT54GL router (reprogrammed with custom firmware). I tried all of my antennas, positioned them differently and cranked up the xmit power from 28mW up to 70mW on my router (you can do this with DD-WRT) to get this -38 to -40db signal. I bought the HGA7T pair and instantly jumped to -28 to -30db... that is huge!! I haven't seen such a gain anywhere else. All of my other wireless equipment is sma do I didn't test these antennas with it but certainly with Linksys TNC connector based equipment this is an awesome product.
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| Date Reviewed: 09/26/2006 |
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Strengths: Works exacty as stated.
Weaknesses: price
Summary: Most of the reviewers here need to adjust how their antennae are pointing. I worked in Radio Communications for quite some time. These will extend your range, and boost signal strength at current low spots. You need to learn how to point the antennae for the max gain. Straight antennas do not radiate out the tips of the antennas much. They radiate out the sides. Try placing them || if sitting on the same floor. -- If using on floors above or below. / may also be a good option. The testing equipment shows the same gains claimed by the package. Also laptop signal strength displays are often junk. Buy an oscope or spectrum analyzer if you want accurate readings.
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| Date Reviewed: 08/15/2004 |
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I have trouble with my wireless network reaching s ...
Strengths: None
Weaknesses: Did not increase signal strength for me.
Summary: I have trouble with my wireless network reaching several places in my house. I was thinking about buying a range extender but decided to try these high gain antenna first. After installing them (easy to do) I walked around my house with my laptop to test the signal. I still had a low signal everywhere I did before; it didn't help any of them.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/23/2005 |
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Strengths: Relatively inexpensive; easy installation
Weaknesses: Significantly increases size of router/access point
Summary: There was a significant increase in signal once installed. Suggest placing in high location. Simple installation and inexpensive upgrade for a router or access point that is already in place and to increase the range of your network.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/08/2005 |
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my house is less than 2000 square feet. I tested t ...
Strengths: easy to install, no tools needed
Weaknesses: did not improve the signal at all
Summary: my house is less than 2000 square feet. I tested the signal first before installing the new HGA7T. Then I tested the signal again after installing the new HGA7T. No improvement to the signal at all. The HGA7T might show improvements to the signal in an open space. But it does not seem to help much in between walls.
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| Date Reviewed: 02/06/2005 |
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I am very unhappy with this product. It was very e ...
Strengths: Easy to install.
Weaknesses: Made no difference in my signal strength at all.
Summary: 2005-02-06 08:00:06 I am very unhappy with this product. It was very easy to install, but it has given me no increase in my signal strength, whatsoever!! I cannot recommend this product, as it has not worked for me. I love the Linksys brand, and everything in my network is Linksys, but this has been the one and only dissapointment, I have ever had with Linksys.
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| Date Reviewed: 11/28/2005 |
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Wireless range
Strengths: NO
Weaknesses: Doesn't work at all I'm going to return it right now
Summary: I boght it for my WRT54GC which is compact very small but doesn't have an antenna.So I expected to increase the range but no change at all (between no antena and this one which is supposed to be better than the small antena :) So I thinh it dosn't work at all ,and the connector is very bad after you plug it in you shouldn't move it or it will become loosen and the antena will fall.I experienced that when I open the antenna connector on the Router the signal strenght goes down so it may be something wrong with the router but anyway My advise is if you have WRT54GC don't try to buy any antennas because in this case they are unuseless.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/29/2004 |
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Strengths: Easy to install, works as it's supposed to
Weaknesses: no.
Summary: Befor i was getting like low signal on the other side of my house upstairs put this and now i get very good.
This works slitly meaning if u have a bout like 5-20 feet of ur house or were ever low or if u go to the end of the ur house it might give u good to very good depending . this product boosts the signal but not for a nother 100 feet lets say like 20 or 15.
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