wrt54g

Is the right antenna looking from the back. That's what seems to be
radiating when I assign right. I want to connect one outside antenna only.

I had it working in repeater mode. When I changed to wpa in virtual, i
can't connect. Have to hook up the hard cable and try or start from
scratch. Love these things.

I peeled off the front plastic which blocks vent holes.

Greg

gregz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Is the right antenna looking from the back. That's what seems to be
> radiating when I assign right. I want to connect one outside antenna only.
>
> I had it working in repeater mode. When I changed to wpa in virtual, i
> can't connect. Have to hook up the hard cable and try or start from
> scratch. Love these things.
>
> I peeled off the front plastic which blocks vent holes.
>
> Greg

Here I'm looking for references and in 2006 Jeff said left and right are
looking from front. Well I'll go by my own meter readings. I think the
left, from back, is one without internal cable.

Regardless of removing front stick on, the bottom feels hotter than top.
Poor design.

Greg

gregz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> gregz <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Is the right antenna looking from the back. That's what seems to be
>> radiating when I assign right. I want to connect one outside antenna only.
>>
>> I had it working in repeater mode. When I changed to wpa in virtual, i
>> can't connect. Have to hook up the hard cable and try or start from
>> scratch. Love these things.
>>
>> I peeled off the front plastic which blocks vent holes.
>>
>> Greg
>
> Here I'm looking for references and in 2006 Jeff said left and right are
> looking from front. Well I'll go by my own meter readings. I think the
> left, from back, is one without internal cable.
>
> Regardless of removing front stick on, the bottom feels hotter than top.
> Poor design.
>
> Greg

Now I see different orientation for different versions, for the antennas.
Glad I measured first.

Greg

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 01:14:55 +0000 (UTC), gregz <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Here I'm looking for references and in 2006 Jeff said left and right are
>looking from front. Well I'll go by my own meter readings. I think the
>left, from back, is one without internal cable.

It varies with the hardware mutation of the WRT54G. A partial list is
here:
<http://hsmm-mesh.org/section-blog/37-hardware-faqs/58-antennas-left-and-right.html>
HSMM-MESH is derived from OpenWRT which shares the same Broadcom
driver as WRT54G, and should therefore be the same.

More:
<http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/pics/wireless/WRT54G/slides/wrt54g%20v4%20and%20v5.html>
Never mind left and right for the moment. What you want to use is the
"MAIN" antenna, not the "AUX". Looking at the photos, the "MAIN" is
the jack with the short PC trace between the shielded RF area, and the
RP-BNC connector, and *NOT* the one with the coax cable. If you're
not sure, put the antenna on the "MAIN" port (depending on your board
layout), and try setting it to left or right antenna. Whichever one
picks up the most stations wins.

>Regardless of removing front stick on, the bottom feels hotter than top.
>Poor design.

<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wrt54g+cooling+fan&tbm=isch>

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