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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.
If you have written a repair guide yourself (or if you
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Adding an External WireLess Antenna to a Laptop or Notebook
Adding or Changing an Internal WireLess Card (miniPCI, PCI Express, USB) or Antenna to a Laptop or Notebook
Acer TravelMate 426LC | How to add a Intel 2200BG miniPCI WLAN card and an internal antenna (in German) |
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. |
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. |
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. |
COMPAQ Evo N620c | Disassembly manual about adding a wireless miniPCI card (based on Atheros chipset) and better antenna (in German). |
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. |
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. |
IBM ThinkPad T23 | Picture gallery about an installation of an internal WLAN miniPCI card and antennas (in German). |
IBM ThinkPad T23 | Wireless internal antenna installation instructions. |
| Panasonic ToughBook CF-29 | How to replace and upgrade the internal WiFi antenna. |
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. |
Sony VAIO PCG-U101 | Manufacturer promotion pictures from the inside, showing e.g. where to find the wireless antenna (in Japanese). |
Sony Ericsson GC83 Wireless Network Card | Make a new antenna to replace the one broken off inside the PCMCIA card. |
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
802.11b Homebrew WiFi Can Antenna Shootout | Build your own Tin Can Waveguide WiFi Antenna (Cantenna). |
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. |
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. |
4km WiFi Range w/ $5 DIY Antenna | Make 2.4GHz parabolic mesh dishes from cheap but sturdy Chinese cookware scoops & a USB WiFi adaptor. |
Wide Angle Sector | Homebrew 2.4 GHz 14 dBi Wide Angle Sector antenna. |
Circular Waveguide Antenna | An antenna for 2.45 GHz / 802.11b / WiFi / WLAN made from a whiskey tin. |
Cheap Cantenna | Building a cheaper self-made wireless cantenna (in Italian). |
AirTux | Building a 2.4GHz vertical collinear omnidirectional antenna. |
BiQuad | The construction of a BiQuad 802.11b Antenna 11dBi, wide band. |
Extend Your Signal | Different do-it-yourself wireless antenna guides. |
SteerCan | How to build a steerable 802.11 cantenna. |
Discone Antenna | These antennas are omnidirectional with a donut type of coverage pattern as opposed to the more directional "Cantennas". |
Pen Antenna | A 2.4Ghz vertical collinear antenna for 802.11 applications. |
BiQuad Dish | How-To: Build a WiFi biquad dish antenna. |
WiFi Antenna Extender Hack | Turn your standard WiFi antenna into one just like the $30 range extender antennas for about 5 cents. |
How to Build a WiFi-Meter
Troubleshooting in General
N.N. | Troubleshooting Laptop Wireless Connections. |
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