Hot on the heels of those Linksys High-gain Antennas we mentioned yesterday are a pair of external, stand-alone units from D-Link, a 4 dBi omni-directional antenna called the ANT-0400 and a 6 dBi directional model called the DWL-M60AT, priced at $30 and $40, respectively. Both models have native SMA connections (for attaching them to your D-Link devices), but include SMA-to-TNC conversion adapters.
Find out how these antennas keep you legal, and how I’m sort of stupid, after the jump.
Now yesterday when I mentioned the Linksys models, I pointed out that better, cheaper antennas could be purchased from companies like Fab-Corp, but Reader Joshua Bardwell pointed something out to me that I had, stupidly, forgotten: FCC regulations technically view Wi-Fi systems as a whole — that means antenna included. By adding a non-FCC approved antenna to your device, you are technically breaking the law. That isn’t really a big deal to home hackers, but as Joshua reminded me, authorized and branded antennas from manufacturers are a boon to network administrators who want to extend their network but still stay legal.
Glenn Fleishman does a great job explaining this in more detail.
Read – Linksys Boosts Signal—Legally [WiFiNetNews]
Oh, and you might want the D-Link info, too, huh?
Read – D-Link Press Release [DesignTechnica]
Related
Linksys High-Gain Antennas [Gizmodo]
https://gizmodo.com/linksys-high-gain-antennas-17383
