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Replacing antennas on Eircom Netopia router

cognos · 2009-12-02 12:48:56

Hi, having searched around (this forum and elsewhere) for ways of increasing my wifi range I purchased a new antenna for my router, the silver eircom netopia dual antenna router (2247 I believe), which from what I'd read online has detachable antennas that I can just screw off. The problem is that I can't just screw them…

02-12-2009 01:48PM

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cognos

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Hi, having searched around (this forum and elsewhere) for ways of increasing my wifi range I purchased a new antenna for my router, the silver eircom netopia dual antenna router (2247 I believe), which from what I'd read online has detachable antennas that I can just screw off.

The problem is that I can't just screw them off, at least not easily or in a fashion that doesn't makes me stop because it looks like I'm about to break them. So my question is are these antennas in fact replaceable, and if so - how do I go about it? (There are no instructions for this in the manual I have.)

thanks

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#2 02-12-2009 10:40PM

Fuzzy Clam

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On the 2247 there should be 2 detatchable antennae. If there is a splined black part with partially visable threaded brass coloured metal protuding from the router then a few turns anti-clockwise should release the aerial.

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