Increasing the communication range of a Wi-Fi router

It all started when my router burned out. I used to have an ASUS router standing in the shadow, it worked quite well, the range was enough - you can catch it anywhere in the house and even outside. But then he passed away from his old age and worked for about 7 years.

I bought a new router with a built-in DSL modem. A very convenient thing, no problems connecting to each other, I just used to have a DSL modem connected to a Wi-Fi router and setting them up together was very painful for me.

How I increased the communication range of a Wi-Fi router

I bought this 2-in-1 thing, and I was happy. But as it turned out, it was in vain - the range of action is so small that in the next room, in the far half, you can’t catch at all. I decided to exchange their antennas, the old one has a longer antenna, and it also has a rotation. Plus, it is removable and you can connect any other remote antenna to the socket.

The new router's antenna is not removable, but the old one's was removable - it was screwed into the socket. I decided to make a nest for the new router as well, taking out the nest from the burnt-out router.

I disassembled the router.

I unsoldered the antenna, now it will serve as a dummy, I did not tear it off.

Here is a connector socket from an old router.

I drilled a hole with scissors in the opposite side.

I inserted the connector and soldered the wires. Soldering such thin wires is a terrible pain, I didn’t succeed right away. Be sure to call a tester if you decide to repeat this. Reassembled everything in reverse order.

Now about the results. I won’t say that it’s direct, I began to catch it everywhere, but the signal has become more confident, it catches almost everywhere, there are, of course, “black holes”, but noticeably less often. If you want the result in numbers, then the signal is 15-20% better than the percentage. But now it is possible to connect any other antenna.