Thread: Anyone add a wifi antenna to their Mac mini?

Im not familia with macs, but I know a worklog thread that is. Here is a link to the specific wifi post within it.

thanks that was somewhat helpful, but I would still like to see what some on did with their mac mini.

The hardest part is going to be where do you put the antennas? You're going to need at least two, if it's 802.11n you'll need three. You'll need ufl to r-sma or r-tnc pigtails.

Originally Posted by BarryWoods

The hardest part is going to be where do you put the antennas? You're going to need at least two, if it's 802.11n you'll need three. You'll need ufl to r-sma or r-tnc pigtails.

I'm not so worried about the antenna's as I am connecting them to the computer. I was wondering if mybe there is some USB antenna or USB wifi w/ a antenna hook-up. I'm suprised more people aren't asking questions about this topic.

Whats the difference between dbm and dbi? I found this one on ebay I think I could put it in my back window, but is it worth the money?http://cgi.ebay.com/1-2Mile-Booster-...QQcmdZViewItem

Damn nice antenna. The only problem with that one is its really directional. Your only going to get WiFi behind you while you drive. I guess it would be okay if a friend of yours is driving behind you with a WiFi antenna pointing forward. Then you could have lan games while you drive what you need is omni directional like this ebay antenna.

http://cgi.ebay.com/19dBi-Omni-Direc...QQcmdZViewItem

Not as much db that the other one had but 19db is still pretty good for omni directional antennas.

Originally Posted by pRoFiT

Damn nice antenna. The only problem with that one is its really directional. Your only going to get WiFi behind you while you drive. I guess it would be okay if a friend of yours is driving behind you with a WiFi antenna pointing forward. Then you could have lan games while you drive what you need is omni directional like this ebay antenna.

http://cgi.ebay.com/19dBi-Omni-Direc...QQcmdZViewItem

Not as much db that the other one had but 19db is still pretty good for omni directional antennas.

I wouldn't buy that antenna. It's only a 10 degree beam width. What ever you wanted to connect to would have to be pretty much at the same elevation as the antenna. That thing also has a N connector on the end of it. Look at the picture again, N connectors are about a half inch in diameter, that antenna is about 3 feet long.

As far as connecting an external usb adapter, as long as it's mac compatable, (if you're still running os x on it) it should work just fine. I'm pretty sure there have been some folks running them that way here on the boards.

10 degrees vertical and 360 horizontal. If it sticks out your roof or what not 10 degrees vertical is more then enough for level areas. Maybe if your driving through the mountains searching for WiFi. 3 foot antenna would be great. I saw someone driving down the street with a huge as pipe antenna looking thing. about 5 feet from the tail gate to the roof of an suv.

Originally Posted by BarryWoods

I wouldn't buy that antenna. It's only a 10 degree beam width. What ever you wanted to connect to would have to be pretty much at the same elevation as the antenna. That thing also has a N connector on the end of it. Look at the picture again, N connectors are about a half inch in diameter, that antenna is about 3 feet long.

As far as connecting an external usb adapter, as long as it's mac compatable, (if you're still running os x on it) it should work just fine. I'm pretty sure there have been some folks running them that way here on the boards.

under the specifics it says Dimensions 11.5x4.8x1 (inch) Thats not 3 feet long it almost a foot long. But thanks for your info. I'm not going to buy that antenna now.