Replacement antenna for Buffalo WHR-HP-G54?

Due to a slight accident which knocked the router off the desk, the
antenna is broken. Anybody know where to get a replacement antenna?
I didn't see anything encouraging on the Buffalo site.

Jeff Liebermann says...

> It's fairly difficult to destroy one of those antennas.

Thanks to you and Kim for the replies.

The very bottom of the antenna has a brass-colored fitting
that screws onto the router base. The plastic which
normally houses that fitting has broken, and about a third
of it is missing (can't find the piece). So now the fitting
itself has fallen out.

It's hard to see how that fitting was electrically connected
to the rest of the antenna (actually - to the rest of the
swivel base), unless it was just pressed against it and held
there by the molded plastic.

I suppose I could try to superglue or epoxy the fitting back
in place, but I suspect neither would adhere to the plastic,
and I don't know whether the electrical connection would be
very dependable. But at this point I guess it wouldn't hurt
to try.

As your comments suggested, when I just stack everything
back in place and brace it so it doesn't fall down, it still
works. But that would leave it it a pretty delicate
condition.

Now that you guys have provided the technical specs, it
should be easy to get a replacement that works if my repair
attempts don't work.

Thanks again.

On Jan 21, 8:22*am, Peabody <waybackNO784SPA...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> As your comments suggested, when I just stack everything
> back in place and brace it so it doesn't fall down, it still
> works. *But that would leave it it a pretty delicate
> condition.
>

- wrap it in electrical tape to stiffen it

- build up some hot glue or silicone or epoxy putty around it. Bubble
gum would practically work!

You'll run into a spare RP-SMA omni pretty soon anyway. They outlast
the devices and/or get replaced with higher gain antennas so they tend
to accumulate.

One thing to note: Your particular router came with a 4 dbi, not the
typical 2dbi. So you are better off fixing it or getting a similar
one. If getting keeping extra 2db matters in your situation.

On the other hand, if you have marginal connections, you could get a
small directional panel antenna for it instead.

Steve

On Jan 23, 1:42*am, seaweedsl <seaweedst...@gmail.com> wrote:
*Your particular router came with a 4 dbi, not the
> typical 2dbi. *


Oops. You actually never specified which router. But yea, the
Buffalos I've seen, the WHR-HP-G54 and some of the WHR-G54S came with
4 dbi it seems.

In article <5X6dl.25440$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
>
>Due to a slight accident which knocked the router off the desk, the
>antenna is broken. Anybody know where to get a replacement antenna?
>I didn't see anything encouraging on the Buffalo site.
>
>

Hyperlinktech.com aka lcom.com has a number of reasonably
priced choices. I have a number of their antennas.