Gl-ar300m antenna question

[manitou]

Hello,
I want to purchase an external “outside” wifi antenna for the gl-ar300m
Can anyone tell me regarding the two wifi antennas on the gl-ar300m? Are these two antennas linked together or do they each have a specific task? External wifi antennas for ouside using have only 1 coax with 1 antenna connector.The gl-ar300m has two antenna connectors.
Thanks for your reply.

[wcs2228]

Take a read through these threads regarding 1 or 2 antennas:

AR300M Yagi Antenna issue

I have a new AR300M, using it in Repeater / Wisp mode. I am using the latest firmware, but sometimes, the AR300M’s SSID will disappear, but if I connect to a strong wifi signal nearby, it works just fine. I ordered a Yagi TP513 2.4ghz antenna and matching cable for the router, but when I hook it up, and point it at an open wifi such as Starbucks google or any other, it doesn’t improve the signal much and the repeater will lose it’s connection. Thanks in advance for any help! Brian

GL-AR300M-Ext Shadow mismatched external antennas?

Hi there, I found an older post which explained that the Shadow uses both external antennas as both AP and STA when in repeater mode. If I connect a directional antenna to one of the external connectors, and use an omni on the other, and place the router in repeater mode when connected to a distant AP over the directional antenna… will the wifi chip be sending my LAN traffic over both antennas, or does it figure out which remote transceivers are visible from which antenna and more-or-less autom…

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[manitou]

thanks for your answer !!

[alzhao]

Only AR300M-EXT or AR300M16-EXT can connect external antennas.

[manitou]

Thanks, yes correct. I used 2 small external panel antennas on this AR300M16.