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R7800 antenna numbering
Hello,
I would like to connect external 2.4GHz antennas to my R7800 – Nighthawk X4S AC2600. I'm wondering why the four antenna ports are numbered 1, 1, 2, 3 (and not 1 to 4). Is there any difference or some kind of dependency between the ports?
I would like to install one antenna on each floor (basement, ground floor, upper floor) and one in the garden. I know that MIMO will no longer work. I am only interested in achieving the greatest possible WLAN coverage, not in bandwidth.
I already tested it and the coverage works very well for browsing the internet etc. But I get interruptions sometimes when using MS Teams for example. So the question is if it is ok to use 4 independent antennas or may be only 3 are possible. Which ports should I use then?
Btw., I'm using openwrt on the devi ce.
Thanks!
3 Replies
If your using OpenWRT, would ask this in there forum since this forum is for stock FW.
I don't think the numbering of the antannas is critical. I've installed different antennas on my R7800 here and there as I had lost the original antennas some where. Putting similar ones on, wifi still worked.
Seems like instead of spending the time to run antenna wires, you should just run ethernet wires. Then you can pickup a used mesh system like the RBK43 or RBK53 (they're cheap on the used marketplaces) and have an actual decent coverage system. Versus what you're attempting that sounds like it'll end up with instabilities due to cable runs, single antenna connections issues, and who knows what else it'll cause. Seems like a lot of work to run antenna wires.
Seems like instead of spending the time to run antenna wires, you should just run ethernet wires.
efyzz - You'd need to run high quality cable to control signal loss to the antennas. LM400 or LM600 for example. Both would be stiff, and not that easy to run.
Ethernet would work out better - you could then deploy either mesh, extenders, or APs. If you get a small PoE switch, you could power the APs over the ethernet cable (which would be convenient for the garden).
