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mojo-chan · 08-07-2008

I have been looking for a way to add an antenna to a WPC54GS for a while now. I got it cheap (£3!) and it has a well supported Broadcom chipset. I have had good results with it under Backtrack 3, even if the TX power is only 15mW.

Here is a high res pic of the board: http://www.bagpipes.net/files/front-linksys54g.jpg

Sorry for being a n00b but where do I need to solder on to? I found an old thread (wpc54g version2 external antenna w/ tnc jack) which says connect the pin to the end of C155 (top left corner of the image) but checking with a multimeter this appears to be connected to the GND points nearby. Maybe my multimeter isn't good enough to spot the very low value capacitor in between? In that case presumably I should just solder shield to one of these ground points...

08-07-2008	#1 (permalink)
mojo-chan Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4	Adding an antenna to a Linksys WPC54GS I have been looking for a way to add an antenna to a WPC54GS for a while now. I got it cheap (£3!) and it has a well supported Broadcom chipset. I have had good results with it under Backtrack 3, even if the TX power is only 15mW. Here is a high res pic of the board: http://www.bagpipes.net/files/front-linksys54g.jpg Sorry for being a n00b but where do I need to solder on to? I found an old thread (wpc54g version2 external antenna w/ tnc jack) which says connect the pin to the end of C155 (top left corner of the image) but checking with a multimeter this appears to be connected to the GND points nearby. Maybe my multimeter isn't good enough to spot the very low value capacitor in between? In that case presumably I should just solder shield to one of these ground points...