WiFi Antennas best location / ubication . Where? How to?

Pharizna · January 17, 2020, 6:31pm

A very easy question:

Any recomendation about the instalation of the WiFi antennas for MIMO 2x2 & MIMO 3x3?

Any picture about location proposed… or youtube installation video?

ssdnvv · January 17, 2020, 10:14pm

If you want to go with the internal antennas included in your set - just make sure, they sit in 90°-angle to each other (3×3) or 90°-angle horizontal and vertical. That way you get a homogenous sphere coverage if you want to place the MOX in the centre of your flat.

But as every flat is unique and one normally needs better coverage for some rooms than for the others I’d recommend using external antennas: therefore it is necessary to drill 4 holes and install 2 RP-SMA—U.FL adapters and 2 diplexers (can be ordered from turris team). And then connect these external RP-SMAs to antennas orientated in a way that suits best for your environment.

Pharizna · January 19, 2020, 5:56pm

Thank you for the info

mcr314 · May 28, 2020, 11:08pm

I will consider drilling holes and installing external antenna.
But in the meantime, for either SDIO or ePCI WIFI (we have both), where have you stuck them? I don’t see an easy way to attach them inside the plastic shell without bending the antennae cable way too much (double loop?).
Pictures most welcome.

eldred · June 10, 2020, 6:11pm

Hi there, I just installed 2 antennas using pigtails https://www.discomp.cz/pigtail-25cm-rg178-u-fl-rsma-female_d11802.html. I drilled holes in the plastic sides. The pigtails are 15 cm log so I just made a loop + some bending during assembly of the MOX.

mcr314 · June 11, 2020, 8:34pm

Thanks, that’s very interesting, but I don’t think that we are going to do this mod to the 20 units we have. Clearly there is some arrangement for the stick-on antennas that was intended by the designers of the physical case… I just want to know what it is.