Review: Linksys HGA7T
Posted September 17th, 2008 at 07:13 AM by Ricks937
Linksys.com - Products/Wireless/Basic Networking/Range Expanders & Antennas/HGA7T
I got this because my wireless single plain sucked. I have/had my computer behind a furnace and a few walls (in the library) and it wasn't the best wireless signal (with my pcmcia card I was getting a "0-9" and a slew of disconnects, with my internal wireless card, I wasn't able to connect most of the time). Upstairs was bad too, you could generally connect, but as my Zaurus would tell me the connection was "weak" and in the "red" (red being the worst, yellow being barely there, green being decent, and blue being excellent).
This is 7dB gain it should give me loads more range/quality... right?
Well... not exactly... it still isn't that great a signal in the library (I didn't check the number but XP said between poor and very poor.) upstairs is slightly better as well. But I'm not in the blue up there, still in the green (which is an improvement, it used to fade from green to red alot) from what I've seen its been alot happier upstairs.
But in the rooms near the router its noticeable. I used to get "good" 20 feet and 1 wall from the router. Now it's "very" good. I am getting a bit further range as well(I can get onto the road 150 feet or so) and still ping Google.
It was really simple to install as well, a matter of unscrew old bad antenna, and twist on new one. Like 1 minute operation.
Moral of the blog: I got mine for $15 shipped, if you can too, i would say its worth it. If you need to pay much more than that, a cantenna might be a cheaper and better option.
I got this because my wireless single plain sucked. I have/had my computer behind a furnace and a few walls (in the library) and it wasn't the best wireless signal (with my pcmcia card I was getting a "0-9" and a slew of disconnects, with my internal wireless card, I wasn't able to connect most of the time). Upstairs was bad too, you could generally connect, but as my Zaurus would tell me the connection was "weak" and in the "red" (red being the worst, yellow being barely there, green being decent, and blue being excellent).
This is 7dB gain it should give me loads more range/quality... right?
Well... not exactly... it still isn't that great a signal in the library (I didn't check the number but XP said between poor and very poor.) upstairs is slightly better as well. But I'm not in the blue up there, still in the green (which is an improvement, it used to fade from green to red alot) from what I've seen its been alot happier upstairs.
But in the rooms near the router its noticeable. I used to get "good" 20 feet and 1 wall from the router. Now it's "very" good. I am getting a bit further range as well(I can get onto the road 150 feet or so) and still ping Google.
It was really simple to install as well, a matter of unscrew old bad antenna, and twist on new one. Like 1 minute operation.
Moral of the blog: I got mine for $15 shipped, if you can too, i would say its worth it. If you need to pay much more than that, a cantenna might be a cheaper and better option.
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