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Adding External or Internal WireLess LAN Antennas for Laptops & Notebooks
Do you want to build an (external) wireless antenna for your laptop or notebook?
Here are links to free do-it-yourself instructions.
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Adding an External WireLess Antenna to a Laptop or Notebook
Acer Aspire One D150
| If you are looking to get some serious wireless performance out of your netbook then you might consider adding an external RP-SMA jack and antenna to it. A subtle addition is adding a 802.11N mini-PCI card. |
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Apple PowerBook G4 12''
| Just a few quick cuts to modify a 12" Powerbook to take an external antenna. |
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Apple PowerBook G4 Aluminium (AlBook 1.25GHz)
| Collinear WiFi antenna: external miniature collinear WiFi (802.11b/g) replacement antenna for Apple Powerbook (Al, 1.25GHz). |
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Apple PowerBook G4 (Titanium) TiBook
| How to build a really short pigtail with a female SMA connector and a lucent connector. You have to remove the connector of the internal antenna from the airport card, because it can only handle one antenna. The pigtail can be fed only through the PCMCIA slot connected to the card. Now the notebook has an external antenna connector. |
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ASUS A2H
| Homemade laptop Wi-Fi amplifier (external) review. |
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DELL Latitude C840
| How to add an external antenna SMA connector. |
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ECS DeskNote A530
| Replacing the orginal antennas by an external one, replacing the big BNC connector by a smaller "N" connector. |
Fujitsu P-5000
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| How to upgrade the RAM, the hard disk and access WiFi [video]. |
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Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100
| Opening the case to add an external wireless antenna. |
Adding or Changing an Internal WireLess Card (miniPCI, PCI Express, USB) or Antenna to a Laptop or Notebook
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Acer TravelMate 426LC
| How to add a Intel 2200BG miniPCI WLAN card and an internal antenna (in German) |
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Apple iBook Dual-USB
| How to refit an iBook without AirPort card, with a Senao 200mW wireless PCMCIA card. With some dremel work on the antenna connector, the card just fits. |
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Apple iBook G3 Clamshell (Indigo)
| PCMCIA mod: how to use a cheap Orinoco Silver PCMCIA card (or any other card with Lucent chip) instead of an AirPort card. An illustrated explanation. |
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Apple MacBook Pro Core Duo [2006]
| How to Upgrade a core Duo-based MacBook with a PCI Express 1x card to support WiFi 802.11n. Tools, parts, pictures and disassembly tips to get the switch done easily. |
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COMPAQ Evo N620c
| Disassembly manual about adding a wireless miniPCI card (based on Atheros chipset) and better antenna (in German). |
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DELL Latitude C840
| Improving wireless reception by replacing the Dell 1150 miniPCI card with an aftermarket model (Netgate 5354MP) and the addition of a 2nd antenna. |
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HP Pavilion ZE 5400EA
| A complete disassembly with four objectives: clean fans and exhaust airways of dust to improve air flow and cooling - investigate poor wireless performance - investigate faulty power switch - investigate broken floppy drive. |
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IBM ThinkPad T23
| Picture gallery about an installation of an internal WLAN miniPCI card and antennas (in German). |
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IBM ThinkPad T23
| Wireless internal antenna installation instructions. |
| Panasonic ToughBook CF-29 | How to replace and upgrade the internal WiFi antenna. |
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Sony VAIO PCG-SR31K
| Integrated WIFI laptop hack: use the space left by the PCMCIA slot to fit a USB WiFi adapter in and wire it up to the USB port internally. |
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Sony VAIO PCG-U101
| Manufacturer promotion pictures from the inside, showing e.g. where to find the wireless antenna (in Japanese). |
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Sony Ericsson GC83 Wireless Network Card
| Make a new antenna to replace the one broken off inside the PCMCIA card. |
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External WiFi Antenna in PCMCIA Slot
| Add range to your laptop's WiFi card by installing a removable antenna which is connected to the internal wireless card via the PCMCIA card slot. You need: an antenna, a short pigtail connector, a pigtail to RP-TNC connector and a "blank" PCMCIA card. |
How to Build External WireLess Antennas, Boosters, Extenders & Signal Reflectors
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802.11b Homebrew WiFi Can Antenna Shootout
| Build your own Tin Can Waveguide WiFi Antenna (Cantenna). |
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Laptop Mini Wireless Antenna
| The antenna uses thin RG58 cable and is only 2 sectors long. The size was chosen so it could be housed inside the tube of an old pen, to provide rigidity and protection to the antenna. |
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Easy Homemade 2.4 Ghz Omni Antenna
| An easy step-by-step guide go making a homemade wireless antenna, for a fraction of the cost of commercial antenna. Uses readily available parts, and requires no specialist tools or knowledge. |
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4km WiFi Range w/ $5 DIY Antenna
| Make 2.4GHz parabolic mesh dishes from cheap but sturdy Chinese cookware scoops & a USB WiFi adaptor. |
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Cheap DIY Parabolic Antenna
| Here is a cheap DIY parabolic antenna (more of an antenna add on or extender or reflector) that boosts a wireless signal in one direction by at least 50%. The antenna is made from Mylar instead of tinfoil and cardboard. The guide includes a cutout for the cardboard. |
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Wide Angle Sector
| Homebrew 2.4 GHz 14 dBi Wide Angle Sector antenna. |
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Circular Waveguide Antenna
| An antenna for 2.45 GHz / 802.11b / WiFi / WLAN made from a whiskey tin. |
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Cheap Cantenna
| Building a cheaper self-made wireless cantenna (in Italian). |
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AirTux
| Building a 2.4GHz vertical collinear omnidirectional antenna. |
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BiQuad
| The construction of a BiQuad 802.11b Antenna 11dBi, wide band. |
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Extend Your Signal
| Different do-it-yourself wireless antenna guides. |
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SteerCan
| How to build a steerable 802.11 cantenna. |
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Discone Antenna
| These antennas are omnidirectional with a donut type of coverage pattern as opposed to the more directional "Cantennas". |
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Pen Antenna
| A 2.4Ghz vertical collinear antenna for 802.11 applications. |
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BiQuad Dish
| How-To: Build a WiFi biquad dish antenna. |
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WiFi Antenna Extender Hack
| Turn your standard WiFi antenna into one just like the $30 range extender antennas for about 5 cents. |
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Satellite Dish Wireless Extender
| A DIYer's quick guide to cheap wireless extension. Think old satellite dishes, USB dongles and plastic bags and you'd be on the right tracks to upping wi-fi signal by 4 bars. |
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0-Euro-Yagi-Uda-Antenna
| How to make a zero Euro styropor-yagi-uda antenna from some discarded waste (in German). |
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Weber Grill Antenna
| Howto build an antenna from grill equipment. |
Antennas for USB Sticks
Antennas for PCMCIA & PC-Cards
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SMC-2632 PC-Card
| Transceiver modification to add an SMA connector for external antennas. This is an inexpensive (under $100 US Dollars) 802.11b wireless ethernet card. The thing that makes this card remarkable is the fact that the manufacturer left mounting holes in the PCB to accomodate a PCB mount SMA RF connector. With a little patience, soldering skills and crafty x-acto knife handiwork, you can modifiy your card to accomodate any antenna you deem necessary to close that RF link. The maximum output power of this card is 50mW. |
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CNet CNWLC-811-3V Wireless PC-Card
| External Antenna Mod. This piece of surgery reveals the concealed PCB pads for an external antenna jack. A coalition of the willing was formed to expose the secrets of this PC-Card. |
How to Build a WiFi-Meter
Troubleshooting in General
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N.N.
| Troubleshooting Laptop Wireless Connections. |
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