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Nighthawk M1 + 2 external antennas
I have a Nighthawk M1 with 1 external antenna. Anyone out there have 2 external antennas? If yes, can you share speedtest results between 1 and 2 external antennas? Is it double? About the same?
If you have to use external antennas then it is wise to use two. Technically that is not as simple. It depends on on how many bands you have available and how many streams. With 2x2 Mimo it means that one band has two streams. Depending on current air radio condition each stream has CQI which affect stream modulation which directly affects speed. If you have only one band, two streams, both streams are not necessarily in the same modulation.
If you do experiment with one antenna or two, please make sure you have same carrier aggregation combo active when you compare results.