Rated 4.3 out of 5 based off 140 ratings

• Increases the range of your wireless device
• High Gain Omni-Directional 8dBi Router, Wireless Transmitter, WiFi Booster Antenna Cable
• Use for MINI PCI-E interface
• 2 x 8dBi RP-SMA male (Hole in Center) Antenna for 2.4GHz 5.8GHz. (6.3in/16cm)
• 2 x U.FL to RP-SMA Female connector cable.(7.9in/20cm)

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David allen

5.0 out of 5 stars

Wi-Fi

Reviewed in the United States ?? on October 27, 2022

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Good product works as it should

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VINE VOICE

2.0 out of 5 stars

You get what you pay for™?

Reviewed in the United States ?? on May 9, 2020

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TL;DR

Don't expect this antenna to change your life or the dB of your wifi reception.

## My experience

I purchased these antennas based the title of them being rated at 8dB, and let me preface with saying I'm far from a wireless engineer, or even having a deep understanding on how wifi signals operate / travel, but I'd venture to claim these antennas in a real world setting fall short of what the title claims.

### Reason for my purchase

I purchased these antennas in hopes to get a more reliable signal being broadcast from my home router (Apple Time Capsule 3rd generation) to my computer, and to a raspberry pi using a builtin rpi antenna inside the metal case of a creality cr10s pro printer. Basically I work out of a home office with a 3d printer a few feet away from my comptuer which has a external wifi dongle (tp-link wifi AC dongle USB) attached to my computer. The 3d printer has a raspberry pi inside the case which is also connected to the LAN, but is using the stock hardware of a rpi 3b. The idea behind purchasing this antenna was to increase reliability of connecting to devices (the rpi within the 3d printer running octoprint) more reliably. All that said, I've connected to the printer a few times and haven't had a time out yet ?, where as before installing the antenna i would often get timeouts trying to connect to the octoprint server from my computer.

I also have a tv in my living room, and a front room of my house (the tv in the front room is the furthest wifi device connecting to the router), and is notorious for having interruptions while trying to watch videos on netflix or youtube where as the tv in the living room has little to know issues watching youtube or netflix.

### installation

I installed this antenna on a 3rd generation apple time capsule which is NOT designed to support external antenna at all, but the device does use a wireless card plugged into a logic board that can be removed, and the wireless card has 4 ufl connectors that connect to antennas around the exterior of the case of the time capsule. i disconnected one of the antennas, cut a hole in the back of the plastic case / shell of the router (time capsule) and fairly easy was able to screw down the fittings for this antenna to the router. so all in all, i give it ???????? for ease of installation. the parts motion parts of the antenna also feel well constructed, the antenna doesn't fall when positioning it at an angle, and doesn't have a large foot print when positioned in a vertical postion sticking out the back of a router. ?

### testing signal before & after

i used my iphone 6, with the free download of the airport utility app provided by apple from the app store to test the various signal strengths of this antenna through various points through my house before installing the antenna and after installing the antenna. there is a setting for the iOS airport utility app that allows for continuous scanning of wifi signals and provides various metrics of the signal being picked by the device running the airport utility app.

in short, i did not notice any increased signal strength after installing this antenna when testing using the airport utility in scan mode. that's not to say that the connection from various devices isn't more reliable, but using the AU app with scan mode did not yield a lower dB signal strength number through the various test points.

#### setup

i live in a ~ 2000 square foot single story house, and as stated before the router is installed on the back most wall of the house, and the tv in the front room is the furtherest wifi device connecting to the router, testing using AU wifi scan mode the dB (signal) metric was ~ the same before and after installing the antenna on the router.

### tear down

after watching some videos on youtube about various wifi antennas and benchmarking the antennas i decided to tear down / apart one of these antenna to see what the make of one these antennas consisted of. this antenna consists of a circuit board with some copper squiggles covered by a green silk screen totally encased in a hermetically sealed plastic enclosure that i had to disassemble / cut using a cut off wheel to expose the internals of the antenna , which probably 2.5x the size of the antenna that i replaced this with on my apple time capsule.

### Conclusion

see the attached video to this review for pictures of my findings, and results from testing. i hope this review aids in your decision making of whether you'd purchase this device.

cheers
Chris

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2.0 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for™?
By ipatch on May 8, 2020

TL;DR

Don't expect this antenna to change your life or the dB of your wifi reception.

## My experience

I purchased these antennas based the title of them being rated at 8dB, and let me preface with saying I'm far from a wireless engineer, or even having a deep understanding on how wifi signals operate / travel, but I'd venture to claim these antennas in a real world setting fall short of what the title claims.

### Reason for my purchase

I purchased these antennas in hopes to get a more reliable signal being broadcast from my home router (Apple Time Capsule 3rd generation) to my computer, and to a raspberry pi using a builtin rpi antenna inside the metal case of a creality cr10s pro printer. Basically I work out of a home office with a 3d printer a few feet away from my comptuer which has a external wifi dongle (tp-link wifi AC dongle USB) attached to my computer. The 3d printer has a raspberry pi inside the case which is also connected to the LAN, but is using the stock hardware of a rpi 3b. The idea behind purchasing this antenna was to increase reliability of connecting to devices (the rpi within the 3d printer running octoprint) more reliably. All that said, I've connected to the printer a few times and haven't had a time out yet ?, where as before installing the antenna i would often get timeouts trying to connect to the octoprint server from my computer.

I also have a tv in my living room, and a front room of my house (the tv in the front room is the furthest wifi device connecting to the router), and is notorious for having interruptions while trying to watch videos on netflix or youtube where as the tv in the living room has little to know issues watching youtube or netflix.

### installation

I installed this antenna on a 3rd generation apple time capsule which is NOT designed to support external antenna at all, but the device does use a wireless card plugged into a logic board that can be removed, and the wireless card has 4 ufl connectors that connect to antennas around the exterior of the case of the time capsule. i disconnected one of the antennas, cut a hole in the back of the plastic case / shell of the router (time capsule) and fairly easy was able to screw down the fittings for this antenna to the router. so all in all, i give it ???????? for ease of installation. the parts motion parts of the antenna also feel well constructed, the antenna doesn't fall when positioning it at an angle, and doesn't have a large foot print when positioned in a vertical postion sticking out the back of a router. ?

### testing signal before & after

i used my iphone 6, with the free download of the airport utility app provided by apple from the app store to test the various signal strengths of this antenna through various points through my house before installing the antenna and after installing the antenna. there is a setting for the iOS airport utility app that allows for continuous scanning of wifi signals and provides various metrics of the signal being picked by the device running the airport utility app.

in short, i did not notice any increased signal strength after installing this antenna when testing using the airport utility in scan mode. that's not to say that the connection from various devices isn't more reliable, but using the AU app with scan mode did not yield a lower dB signal strength number through the various test points.

#### setup

i live in a ~ 2000 square foot single story house, and as stated before the router is installed on the back most wall of the house, and the tv in the front room is the furtherest wifi device connecting to the router, testing using AU wifi scan mode the dB (signal) metric was ~ the same before and after installing the antenna on the router.

### tear down

after watching some videos on youtube about various wifi antennas and benchmarking the antennas i decided to tear down / apart one of these antenna to see what the make of one these antennas consisted of. this antenna consists of a circuit board with some copper squiggles covered by a green silk screen totally encased in a hermetically sealed plastic enclosure that i had to disassemble / cut using a cut off wheel to expose the internals of the antenna , which probably 2.5x the size of the antenna that i replaced this with on my apple time capsule.

### Conclusion

see the attached video to this review for pictures of my findings, and results from testing. i hope this review aids in your decision making of whether you'd purchase this device.

cheers
Chris

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Mikey

5.0 out of 5 stars

Considerable improvement over PCB antennas for the ESP32

Reviewed in the United States ?? on November 13, 2021

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I cut the u.fl end of the connector, stripped, and after scratching some of the PCB mask off of the antenna connector (to expose copper) and cutting the trace to the embedded antenna, soldered the wire to the PCB.

RSSI went from the low -70's to around -50 (a DRAMATIC improvement)

I have about 20 ESP32's performing home automation tasks in my house, as well as 30-40 in friend's and families apartments and houses and a small business doing the same thing. I'll be implementing these in critical modules throughout.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Considerable improvement over PCB antennas for the ESP32
By Mikey on November 13, 2021

I cut the u.fl end of the connector, stripped, and after scratching some of the PCB mask off of the antenna connector (to expose copper) and cutting the trace to the embedded antenna, soldered the wire to the PCB.

RSSI went from the low -70's to around -50 (a DRAMATIC improvement)

I have about 20 ESP32's performing home automation tasks in my house, as well as 30-40 in friend's and families apartments and houses and a small business doing the same thing. I'll be implementing these in critical modules throughout.

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Sharon Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars

Works Perfectly

Reviewed in the United States ?? on April 12, 2022

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after 14 yrs. my Wi-Fi card and antenna finally quit ... ordered them both and now I am up and wifi-ing again. lol thanks so much ... will buy from this seller again ... A+A+A+A+A+A+
SSMITH

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