TP Link TL-WR902AC

[Basillus]

Hi Bosko.

You could also use this to mount Your Aruba at the ceiling, wall or as a stands, but maybe You can find it cheaper somewhere else. It’s a lot more expensive than when I bought it.

You need some feet’s under and something heavy at Your 902. ;0)

Is the wire with the antenna?

[Basillus]

Hmm what happened with the link?

[Basillus]

I give up. It is called JW047A or JW046A at Amazon.de.

[Bosko]

Hi Basillus,

The link works for me. Thank you for sharing. I will probably get one of these later. Please be aware that when using a directional antenna on the 902ac a change of a few degrees can change the signal up to 10 dB, or make the orientation such that the antenna becomes sensitive to room activity. For example, if someone walks through the room, you might get a change in signal reflections and this can impact the retries big time. It is exactly for this reason I’m using my daughter’s old Lego, so I can build the base where I can change the angle of the Aruba as well as of the directional antenna to get the most stable signal between the two. I tried wall mounting, but I always get better results when the Aruba is not parallel to walls. Keep in mind that Aruba has the strongest signal at 30 degrees down from horizontal and my test proved this angle does work the best….in my case it is tilted around 30 degrees down and around 3 to 5 degrees in the horizontal plane. For me, setting up the directional antenna and getting good results was a very long and a frustrating process. I never tried it, but getting an omnidirectional antenna could also work and might be easier to dial in. I did a setup with two directional antennas using their t-adapter. It did make the signal stronger by about 3db but it was also less stable. On the other hand, this same dual antenna setup could work when using 2 omnidirectional antennas.  Here is the link to this duomax adapter where you basically connect two identical antennas to a single pigtail cable. https://frixtender.de/shop/frixtender-duomax-sets/

Cheers,

B.

[Bosko]

Hi Rghanbari,

Congratulations on the Aruba! I’m a bit busy today, but will share the exact location of the hirose connector and some printscreens of my Aruba setup over the next few days.

Cheers,

B.

[TheAssassinBlevins]

Has anyone here considered replacing the interior components of a 3602 (which has two external antennas) with a 902 board?…  Or simply using a 3602 instead of a 902?

[Eric]

Hallo zusammen,

bzgl. der externen 5GHz Antenne habe ich ja schonmal Anfang 2024 einen Versuch gemacht : https://ethernet-sound.com/forums/reply/2408/

Ist das genau das was Du Brandon an Deinem WR902AC verwendest?

Beste Grüsse,

Eric

[Bosko]

Hi Rghanbari,

Here are some photos of the antenna connector on the 902ac. Looking at the back of the 902ac, the centre of the antenna connector is exactly 15mm from the top and 30mm from the left outer edges. The hole does not have to be more than 4mm in diameter. Just beware that the hirose connector sticks out more than a centimeter.

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[Bosko]

Hi Eric,

Your post for the external antenna was also the inspiration for my setup. I’m using the same setup but with a different antenna.

Kr,

B.

[rghanbari]

Thank you for the photos!   (and thank you in advance for sharing your Aruba configuration)  I am very hopeful that your approach will help address some of the WiFi annoyances here

Ray

 

[TheAssassinBlevins]

Hi Eric,

I have heard from a few people the 3602 is  very good.  I’ve been trying to learn all I can about your fantastic creation but have not yet implemented it.  I have brand new 902’s, 802’s and 3602’s in hand ready to be experimented with but have been too busy to begin implementing yet:(

[Autor]

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