How do I make my WiFi directional?

To set up a directional Wi-Fi network, you need to attach a directional antenna to your wireless access point. Directional antennae transmit the same Wi-Fi signals that other antenna do, but they concentrate their output in one direction.

Do high gain WiFi antennas work?

Since an antenna does not make power, increasing gain in one direction will decrease propagation in another. Typically, antennas with gain will lose the vertical propagation or “roundness” of the pattern and become flattened and elongated with the higher gain antenna you choose.

Do Wi-Fi antennas really work?

Wi-Fi vendors almost always slap on the cheaper antennas. But you can buy antennas that are enhanced, generally giving you better range and performance. Replacing the antenna(s) on your router can give you better overall coverage.

What do you need for a 16dbi WiFi antenna?

This picture shows you what you need. A 12x12cm brass, copper or tinned metal plate, a BNC chassis connector, a BNC cable connector, 35mm thick PE or styrofoam (can also be thicker) and some 1.5mm2 single core wire. This stuff is used in the netherlands in 220V in house cabling.

How to make a cheap outdoor WiFi antenna?

In this video we will use cheap outdoor box as low as 5 USD to make long range 16dBi router WiFi antenna and by the way convert indoor cheap Tp-link Archer C20 WIFI AC900 dual band with 3 x omni 5dBi WiFi antennas to outdoor directional long range WiFi router.

How do you mount a WiFi Super Antenna?

Find the center of the plate by drawing lines between the corners and make a mark 20mm from the center. Drill a hole in the plate at that point that is big enough to fit the center conductor and its isolation. After drilling, you can put the connector in the whole, mark the 4 fixing holes, drill them and mount the connector using small bolts.