DlinkAccessPointComments - SeattleWireless

DWL-1000AP, DI-614+ from DLink

http://seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/DlinkAccessPoint for more details on the products itself

**UPDATE** SEEMS TO BE A MMCX CONNECTOR see http://www.wlan802.com/Downloads/DWL-1000AP.pdf**

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* Page 1 in Catalog

* get either a "N female chassis mount, 4-hole, $2.00 each"

* or "N female chassis mount, with nut, $2.00 each".

* I used the "chassis mount, with nut".

Step by Step Instructions and what you need:

Dremel, or knife to cut a hole in the plastic of the case to put the N connector through.
Soldering Iron and some soldering skills. Solder the center of the internal antenna cable to the center connector, and solder the shielding of the internal antenna cable to the nut.
Epoxy the connector on the inside to the plastic case to ensure that the connector doesn't rotate when attaching the antenna cable.
Close and your done.

On a side note, the access point has NO loss of speed when WEP is enabled.

Larger pics and more can be found at http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Inside the case is a small card about 4x3 in size, with an ethernet port (RJ-45), Power (5 VDC 1.5A), and reset switch.

On the top corner of the card you will find 2 antenna pads (ANT1, ANT2) already soldered in.

A small fixed antenna inside the chassis on ANT2.

A short piece of cable running to a small connector(Maybe Lucent?) to the outside of the chassis.

The small plastic antenna connects on the outside via this connector.

Some pictures of the parts. More detailed pictures can be found here

Does anyone know what type of connector this is?

- A short call to D-Link hotline reveals: It IS a Mini UHF connector. It is true that the pictures of Mini UHFs that I find on the web all show a thread on the female plug which is not present in the male jack of the DWL-1000. I will soon buy an external antenna for my DWL and will then try to connect it using a Mini UHF plug. I will report here whether it fits.

Neat stuff here. Thanks.

- when i called dlink to ask, i was told the antenna could not be removed. when i assured him it could be i was told it would ruin my warrenty! haha. im going to try the mini uhf also and will report the results. thanks for this page.

=Increasing Range & Throughput= If you own an Access Point based on the intersil reference design (DLink DWL-1000AP, Acer WarpLink etc) you can increase throughput and range with the ap-utils for Linux. If you don't have a system running Linux, you may checkout Knoppix (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/). This is a one-CD Linux-Distribution which runs completely off the CD.

Get the ap-utils (Wireless Access Point Utilites for Unix at http://ap-utils.polesye.net/), unpack and compile (see Google for informations). After done, run the NWN utils (not the ATMEL one) and connect to your AP. Now you can set advance options in the General Options dialouge. Play with the antennae selection functions and the speed settings. I increase my thoughput (same distance to AP) by 75% (9MBit/s) and my range (max range @ 1Mbit/s) to 350m.

I found that internal antenna much lower gain than the external one - you're better off attaching your F connector to the wire going to the external antenna and getting rid of it (and getting rid of that internal antenna entirely).

gus@spies.com

I have tested the above ap-utils (version 1.3) with my dwl-1000ap and found that it is not possible to increase the throughput (same as WEP11 100mW hack) so it seems that the above information is not valid (anymore?).

I also tested the ap-utils with a Belkin AP (F5D6130) and there i had the option to change the throughput to 100mW (also unlocked a lot of other extra features)

the difference was that the dlink needs NWM mode (as stated in above comment) and the Belkin used the ATMEL mode.

just my 2 cents

wifiwiki@moravia.dk

Are you guys sure this is a Mini UHF Connector? I believe the Nokia 5100 series cell phones, on the back above the battery, have a Mini-UHF Connector for an external antenna on them. Amazingly, the connector on the inside of the access point will not attach to the female connector on the cell phone. This tells me that D-Link used some other kind of connector. I will try to report back on what I find ... I have calls into D-Link and Fleeman Anderson and Bird. Brian, klier@lakes.com

Alright guys, here's what it looks like...

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/rpsma/rpsma_antkits.php

It looks like a Reverse Polarity SMA Connector! Can anyone verify this?

Brian, klier@lakes.com

It looks like you are correct:

http://www.dlink.com.au/products/wireless/antenna/ http://www.dlink.com.au/products/wireless/antenna/Antennae_Catalogue.pdf

Hi, guys. I'm also "desparately" looking for a way to connect an external antenna to the DWL-1000AP. What I found is that there are many pigtails and such around that have a MALE Lucent-MC connector, which normally fits into Orinoco/D-Link etc. PCMCIA-Cards. But we know that the access point's connector is male and we need a cable with a female connector. I think the access point's connector is Lucent-MC male. Has anyone (who put the thing apart) measured the diameter of the plug? Is it 2.2 mm??? Then it should be a Lucent-MC male. I heard from an RF antenna source that D-Link for some time addes some adapter to their access points which converted that male connector to a female one. And to that adapter "normal" pigtails for Lucent-MC cards would then fit. None came with my card... Still I don't want to open the box. If I would do it I could solder a N-type connector in no time, but warranty.. So I still look for a female Lucent-MC connector to - whatever. I could change the other side easily to a bigger connector, say N-type male e.g. If I find one I will tell you... michael.huber@nland.com

g'day. Well, I just baught one of these off ebay, and inside there was this little pouch with a tiny gold connector, and pics aren't always up, email seann@cogeco.ca for them

It can't possibly be a RP (Reverse Thread) SMA connector if it has no thread!! look at the pics! It is a Lucent MC connector.

DI-614+ 22Mbit Wireless Router

To see what's inside the DI-614+ WirelessRouter, have a look at http://mobileaccess.de/wlan/?go=dlink

So has anyone found a solution for an antenna besides modifying the WAP, ie, specific external antenna or a connector/converter to attach to many different types of antenna? if so email viiofix@hotmail.com

I'v given up searching a connector to use instead of the small detachable external antenna. I showed my box to some vendors of such equipment. They had their test-connectors and we tried them out. None fit. We tried SMA, SMB and a lot of others. I must admit that they hadn't MS-Card, so this it could still be. But be aware that your access point may have a different connector than mine, D-Link seems to have changed that over time. Now I've ordered a good antenna with SMA-cable and will build a SMA-connector into my access point. This should be easy because I can use the coax cable from the board to the existing connector (which will be removed then). Yes, I will try to disconnect the internal antenna too if possible because that could make bad interferences. Sure enough my warranty will be void but at one side I need a working equipment and second time goes by anyway and warranty will vanish. michael.huber@nland.com

I have a DLink-614+ Router and Access Point. It has two diverisity antennae that each take an RP-SMA male connector. (The DLink 520+ PCI adapter also has this connector). The RF Connection (213 N Frederick Ave #11, Gaithersburg, MD 20877-2435 Phone: (301)840-5477(voice) (301)869-3680(fax)) made up RP-SMA to N-type connectors to fit it.

D-LINK DWL-520+ AND MANDRAKE Can you someone if it try to run with mandrake 9.0 ? Paolo Del Romano delromano@tin.it

The antenna connection to the stock antenna is a RP-MMCX.