WDR-4300 weak signal strength with 18DBi antennas

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WDR-4300 weak signal strength with 18DBi antennas
WDR-4300 weak signal strength with 18DBi antennas
2014-02-20 06:16:49
Region : Argentina

Model : TL-WDR4300

Hardware Version : V1

Firmware Version :

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Hi all,

Having an issue with an installation connection 3 4300 routers using WDS.

I have a single 18DBi Yagi style antenna on the 2 remote routers and 2 on the core router plus larger 8DBi Omni's in the place of the standards.

Getting very low signal 11DB on 1 and slow pings 300-600ms from the closest external router with a distance of approx 50m

No signal on the 2nd external router (approx 100m) despite decent line of site..antennas seemed to make no difference and I was picking up other non amped, non tp-link WAP's at much greater signal strength 20+DB so quite dissapointed with that.

At a bit of a loss to explain why the netgear dgn2200 with standard ant has 2x the signal strength of my tp-links with extended omnis and yagi?

Anyone provide some advice on this?
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Re:WDR-4300 weak signal strength with 18DBi antennas
2014-02-20 23:01:52
The picture is not quite accurate, but the essence of the situation shows exactly.

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Re:WDR-4300 weak signal strength with 18DBi antennas
2014-02-21 10:16:48

fotodamaris wrote

nothing to explain, your approach its all wrong, you dont connect a 18DBi to a router, Google the loss of dbs of Antenna Extension Cable and RP-SMA connectors,
power devices like 5210 or 7210 with power antennas like 18DBi
low power Routers devices with lowe power antennas max 8DBi
if you need a link or a Hotspot use 5210 or 7210
Note: the forum its full of threads on dual band routers low signal.


Cool man, thanks for the advice - will swap some kit out and see if that brings better results as 5210's are cheap.

The plan was establish the 3 4300's in a WDS network and then extend coverage via outdoor extenders but unfortunately this did not work.

Note: search function was not working at the time I posted.
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