Install Another Antenna

Install Another Antenna
In Chapter 5, we point out that a detachable antenna is a great idea because
you might want to add an antenna to achieve a different level of coverage in
your home. Different antennas yield different signal footprints. If your AP is
located at one end of the house, it’s a waste to put an omnidirectional antenna
on that AP because more than half of the signal might prove to be unusable. A
directional antenna would better serve your home.
Antennas are inexpensive relative to their benefit and can also more easily
help you accommodate signal optimization because you can leave the AP in
the same place and just move the antenna around until the signal is the best.
Within a home, there’s not a huge distance limitation on how far the antenna
can be away from the AP.
For a more technical explanation of how antennas work, check out the technical
white paper section on the Linksys site (www.linksys.com/products/
images/antennawhtpaper.pdf), which at the time of this writing, had a
good overview of antennas.