R-TNC or R-SMA

I have an old Linksys WRT54GP2 wireless router and want to change the
antenna. Does it use a R-TNC or R-SMA connector? I suspect it's the
former but notice some Linksys wireless routers do use R-SMA instead
of R-TNC.

On Oct 27, 4:30 pm, "op...@hotmail.com" <op...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have an old Linksys WRT54GP2 wireless router and want to change the
> antenna. Does it use a R-TNC or R-SMA connector? I suspect it's the
> former but notice some Linksys wireless routers do use R-SMA instead
> of R-TNC.

got a pic?

"oparr@hotmail.com" <oparr@hotmail.com> hath wroth:

>I have an old Linksys WRT54GP2 wireless router and want to change the
>antenna. Does it use a R-TNC or R-SMA connector? I suspect it's the
>former but notice some Linksys wireless routers do use R-SMA instead
>of R-TNC.

I'm 98.7% sure it's RP-SMA. Since you have the router in your
possession, compare the connectors with the connector photos at:
<http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/connectors.php>

<http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout &pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&cid=11 16265541785>
Can't tell from the photos or the data sheet.

It's RP-SMA. There are mess of aftermarket antennas with RP-SMA
connectors listed for the WRT54GP2 on eBay.

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On Oct 27, 9:09 pm, NetSteady <cmhu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> got a pic?

Here's a link to it at Amazon;

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...ufenundbest-20

A reviewer on the same page had this to say;

"One thing to note is that this router is a little different than the
WRT54G without the phone ports. This router has only one antenna. This
also means that if you would like to replace the antenna with the
Linksys high gain antenna you will need the SMA antenna and not the
TNC antenna. I learned this the hard way after Linksys sales told me
to use the TNC, which was just wrong."

Found this after posting so I'm now leaning to R-SMA but if someone
can confirm this I'd appreciate it.

On Oct 27, 9:54 pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
>
> It's RP-SMA. There are mess of aftermarket antennas with RP-SMA
> connectors listed for the WRT54GP2 on eBay.

Okay, thanks.