D-Link DI-614+ router antenna connector probs

I've been looking at a friend's D-Link DI-614+ wireless router - single
antenna -
as he has been having intermittent probs...
The wired section runs fine,
it's just the wireless portion that connects but then stalls or just
weirdness...
I took his laptop home, and it ran fine to my wireless AP all evening.

One thing I noticed on his router was the antenna connector.
I'm not sure what it is supposed to look like on the DI-614+,
but his antenna has a tiny female part
that I would guess connects/mates with a tiny pin on the router
connector.
However the pin on his router connector is more like a gold nub
that I'm guessing just pushes against the female sleeve
without actually going into it.

Is this correct - or was something broken off the router connecting pin
?

"Phil Schuman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've been looking at a friend's D-Link DI-614+ wireless router - single
> antenna -
Tell "your friend" to come to this newsgroup and we can tell him where to
look on the DLINK website and who to contact. It's a matter of a simple
call to them.
With you getting involved it doesn't help, so it's best to leave your friend
to it.

A while back, Phil Schuman said in alt.internet.wireless:

> However the pin on his router connector is more like a gold nub
> that I'm guessing just pushes against the female sleeve
> without actually going into it.
>
> Is this correct - or was something broken off the router connecting pin
> ?

It should look more like a pin than a "nub". Sounds like an antenna
problem to me...

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"Ian" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Phil Schuman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:hfvOf.27094$_(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > I've been looking at a friend's D-Link DI-614+ wireless router -
single
> > antenna -
> Tell "your friend" to come to this newsgroup and we can tell him where
to
> look on the DLINK website and who to contact. It's a matter of a
simple
> call to them.
> With you getting involved it doesn't help, so it's best to leave your
friend
> to it.
>
it actually is a "friend" - in case you thought it was ME -
I also posted a note on the Broadband Reports forum for D-Link.

What would he be looking for on the D-Link website ?
a photo of the connector ?
or info on getting it repaired ?
and the call would be for ????

I think he was just going to go out and get a new wireless router..
since if he tried to get it repaired, he would be offline for the
duration.

BTW - We have a router and a wireless AP
and all 6 of our laptops run just fine - along with his -

"Phil Schuman" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>I've been looking at a friend's D-Link DI-614+ wireless router - single
>antenna -
(...)
>However the pin on his router connector is more like a gold nub
>that I'm guessing just pushes against the female sleeve
>without actually going into it.
>
>Is this correct - or was something broken off the router connecting pin

Sounds broken to me. The DI-614+ has a reverse SMA connector that
looks something like these:
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/con...ors_rp_sma.php
You can zoom in on the photos for a better look. The end with the pin
fits into a receptacle that has a corresponding socket. If the 4
leafs of the socket are mashed, they will resemble the "nub" that you
refering. If the leafs are ok, but the pin is busted on the other
end, you'll get the same description. To be sure, take a digital
photo and post it somewhere (not to the newsgroup).

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If it is not a hardware problem, I might have a solution, this sounds
familiar. Does it still fade out when the pc is closer to the router?

I had a similar problem, fading in and out. Being close to the router
didn't make much difference.

In my case the solution turned out to be that windows was interfering
with the dlink software management of the wireless connection.

If you want to try this, I think you need to disable windows handling
the connection on the client side. Right click on the dlink icon in the
system tray. There should be an option. I'm not at home or I would give
you the exact option--- zero or ZW or something.

It also could be just a problem of the distance to the router combined
with the above. When the connection is weak, windows kicks in and tries
to find a working connection, whereas the dlink software only uses the
connection you designate.

Note down the config before you delete anything. When playing with this
you might need to enter your wep key and encryption details.