Nothing is better to improve wifi connectivity than a good antenna!!
My friend AB needs a way to optimize his 2 streams wifi card the Linksys AE1000 to his powerful MSM460, the internal antennas kind of suck! So we decide to mod the card with our wifi junk yard, and yes we do have a real wifi junk yard.
This card is dualband so yes we put an ok gain dualband antenna!
I did the solderering while AB did the mechanical design to hold the antenna in place!
Here is the pictures of our mod.
Since the AE1000 is a a 802.11n 2 streams, there are two antennas printed on the PCB.
So first remove the test RF connector, be careful not not to destroy the PCB trace.
Remove also the SMD cap as shown on the picture, cut the trace of the PCB antenna and solder the coax/pigtail.
When unsoldering, apply generously flux.
Do both side as there are two antennas.
Final result!
Linksys AE1000 mod
Solid 2 streams 300mpbs
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