Dual Band Directional WiFi Panel Antenna - TP542

Bravo TUPAVCO !! This antenna gives an excellent directional boost to 2.4 and 5GHz WiFi Signals. I have amateur and commercial FCC radio licenses and have purchased and built many antennas over the years. This is a nicely built and performing antenna. At WiFi frequencies exact antenna, connector and cable tolerances must be maintained. I'm using it as part of a 5GHz band WiFi Wireless Bridge from my garage to the house. This antenna is outside on the garage as seen in the photos. My wireless bridge router will also give 2.4GHz WiFi access through the bridge as well as to the ethernet connection ports. The signal increase was as advertised. On the 5GHz band (channel 153) my signal improved from -70dBm to - 50dBm using the Android version of the WiFi Analytics app by Netgear. In other words, the signal went from poor to excellent. As a result of the stronger signal the network speed increased from 100Mbps to 700Mbps . This compares the signal with standard omni-directional antennas vs with the TUPAVCO directional antenna replacing one of the omni antennas at the bridge side of the network. Although I didn't test the actual 2.4 band increase, it gave a significantly stronger signal on my cell phone WiFi through the wireless bridge. I'm very pleased with this considering the 50 foot distance and an outside wall with a glass sliding door between the host and bridge routers. The technical specifications provided in the box are impressive and backed by solid performance. The radome and housing are sturdy and weather-proof. It should last for many years. The hardware appears to be stainless steel with nuts, washers, lock washers, U-clamp, and bracket provided. The N-connector on the back is mounted solidly to the rear plate. The connecting cable is NOT provided - the kit only includes the antenna and mounting hardware , which is very reasonably priced for the excellent build quality and performance. I needed a 10 foot cable which will have some moderate signal loss. At 5GHz the coax cable must be as short as possible - and good quality - or the antenna gain will be lost in the cable. This is a specialized antenna that is highly recommended to those who need a directional gain antenna.

In actual fact, I would give this antenna 4-1/2 stars. Everything about the antenna is perfect and it works great for my purposes- getting a wifi signal into a "faraday cage" metal shop building. I'm withholding 1/2 star because the mounting "muffler clamp" that comes with it is huge- designed for such a large mast that it ran out of threads before adequately tightening around my 1" (mast). The antenna is so light that a heavy mast isn't necessary. Apart from that, it does everything I hoped for, and at 150 ft. or so from the source repeater, it doesn't seem all that directional, so setup was easy.

I bought this antenna to use in my RV parked out at a rural lake property I'm building a house on until I can get hard wired broadband. I have two neighbors broadcasting wifi nodes from 350 and 200 ft away. There are only very light trees obstructing line of sight but it won't even detect the access node. I can however "see" these nodes with my phone's wifi, just have to move slightly closer to connect with decent signal strength. If I setup a wifi hotspot with my phone nearby this antenna works very well. I suspect that the coax cable I purchased separately is too small, doesn't have the requisite cross section to support a hi gain antenna without diminishing the standing wave ratio. The solution would be custom to fabricate thicker coax by soldering the correct connectors on. So I will look in to buying those. And next week I will go out and see how far away it will pick up my phone's signal, and edit this review afterwards. There is also the issue of grounding, which it is not at this time. But otherwise, my experience is that the antenna itself is seldom the problem with performance issues. Same with trees, unless they are numerous. I believe I can make this work but for now am only giving it two stars. Edit 20 Mar 2023: the seller has issued me a full refund. Additionally, I moved phone 50ft away and this antenna had a diminished but serviceable signal. But at 100 ft away it dropped to almost nothing. This is unfortunate but I am made whole by the seller. Would buy again it I had some assurance the product performed as claimed.

Is better than the 9db from same company, but is not better than the tp-link 2.4ghz , my router is a 2.4 and 5.8 but working better with tp-link antenna, tested individually and even have the 3 antennas at same time but wasn't the best to all of my wireless stuff,.

I've had good luck with these Antennas extending my Security Camera Coverage, they are a big improvement over the antennas that come with the security cameras, if you can attach one to the camera and to your NVR or DVR and point them at each other, they work GREAT, went from no bars to 3 bars and no fading in and out.

Bought this because my WiFi repeater is both 2.4 & 5.8 GHz and it is located a good distance, through walls, from the cable modem. While the WiFi repeater does work ok, I wanted a better signal. The antenna seemed to make no difference in signal strength. I checked the cable and it was fine, which told me that the antenna was probably faulty. I returned it and bought a different one.

exactly what we needed

I installed the antenna outdoors with 5m cable. In my Asus router I replaced one of the three antennas. Signal strength is -35db in one meter distance of the antenna, and -50db in 10 meter distance. I am very satisfied.

I tried a TP link box, but it only seemed to amplify the issues; if reception was bad, it would drop out more, and if good, it would be really good, until it wasn't. I located the park wifi antennas, and mounted the Tupavco just below my weather station on the same mast. Had to get a 15 ft extension & adapter, but my current computer box has two antenna ports, so I just screwed it in directly. Aiming to the park antenna, and it now allows consistent full speed wifi, and I forget the last time I had a dropout of signal, and almost always due to the vpn, not the signal. Speeds are roughly 10x previous. I also got an inline gas lightning arrestor... just in case. Super happy.

Connecteur non compatible avec mon router télus

This is a must for people that wants to share wifi or extend their wifi for access. The range is you need to buy the cable that connects to your router! I wish i would.of.know but its all good it was my fault!!

I've tested a few antennas and this one was the most expensive but it also performed well. I still got around -75 dbi at around 400 feet with some minor shrubs in path but mostly line of sight.