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*8500 Antenna Came Apart How to fix?
Hi there long time Netgear user (My first newly bought router was my WNDR4500) anyway I bought a used R8500 router online and it was packed too well as in I was unwrapping it from it's bubble wrap (i...
Just curious. It had to have come out half decently for the connections to be intact. so it'd have to go back in half decently.
My understanding is the board is there because its an amplified antenna.
the housing is just a protective. you don't *need* it but it should go back on without to much force or it wouldnt have come off.
looks like the boards are still good. I'd (carefuly) try and get them back on and use a little hot glue to hold it together. Or I'd ask for a refund on ebay (think thats where you bought them from)
- Yep I got it from eBay I can't get the boards to slide in that housing and I don't want to break it so I'm asking is there a specific way the board is supposed to be put into the plastic piece?
No clue. I don't have that specific model and I haven't had the antenna's come apart on any of mine. got a picture of the end of the housing that it slides into?
And a picture of the end of the board?
Is it to tights as it slides in or what issue happens?
- Here are more pictures of the plastic pieces
"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qMt4j0S6xNHpyuXTZ8MYz28W4YuLXy-v/view?usp=sharing"
Anyway why the board? Never seen a router with a board on the antenna before.
I only got it because it also came with an EX7000 and was cheaper then just the router from another seller.
My R7500 is acting weird random reboots so I need another non ISP provided router.
AKA spy routers I asked Charter they said they can only see that I have one but nothing past it like they can with theirs that is the reason you can remotely manage it and see what devices are on it
