WIFI slightly better

[Disrek]

I put the antennas from xr1000 on R3 with an adapter and got a better signal range. SMA to RPSMA Coax Connector. 

[Netduma Fraser]

I'm not too surprised, those antennae are pretty chunky! Very interesting though, how much range was gained approximately? 

[Miiiithraaks]

@Disrek Awesome!  Are the adapters you used just SMA Male to RPSMA Female?

[Disrek]

Yes SMA Male to RP-SMA Female. Approximately 5 to 10 feet. Increased transmit link speed on pixel 8 pro in bedroom furthest from router from 200 mbps to  600 mbps. 

[Netduma Fraser]

Thanks for the information, I will pass it onto the team to see if this helps in anyway, that's good about the link speed, does that actually convert into a higher speed test result?

[Disrek]

Yes it did increase speedtest from 200-300 to 300 to 400. The only thing is that i was using channel 161 on 5 ghz on xr1000 it is less congested in my area but its not on R3. I made a previous post. Im sure that channel will help with wifi stability once available

[TrayDay]

I was curious. So, I tried this using the Antennas from my AX88U. I had to get THIS adapter since the Antennas from that router are without a pin in the middle. I will say that the R3 was already doing a better job at transmitting to the first floor compared to my AX88U. The ax88u, would still provide a bit more bandwidth at the expense of latency on my first floor, but, the R3 in its consistency, has been spot on. Now that I got the adapter, it's reduce the latency a little bit more, but it's STABLE for Wi-Fi. Almost, like connected directly with Ethernet, stable. The ping/latency stays consistent.

Thanks for sharing.

[Netduma Fraser]

12 hours ago, TrayDay said:

I was curious. So, I tried this using the Antennas from my AX88U. I had to get THIS adapter since the Antennas from that router are without a pin in the middle. I will say that the R3 was already doing a better job at transmitting to the first floor compared to my AX88U. The ax88u, would still provide a bit more bandwidth at the expense of latency on my first floor, but, the R3 in its consistency, has been spot on. Now that I got the adapter, it's reduce the latency a little bit more, but it's STABLE for Wi-Fi. Almost, like connected directly with Ethernet, stable. The ping/latency stays consistent.

Thanks for sharing.

That's really cool, I have let the team know that different antennae have provided better performance so we can look into it.

[PharmDawgg]

If anyone find any antennas that you can purchase that are compatible with the R3 without having to use the adapter. Please post.  😂

[mindlash]

wonder what adaptor(s) would be needed for the XR500 > R3