Wireless N internal antenna

Overheal

Google sucks.

I got an N router for christmas so I decided to go all Power Geek and replace the B/G card in my mini-PCI slot of my laptop with an A/B/G/N Card.

Classy right?

Okay so on my old card there are 2 connecting antennae labeled 1 and 2. Now this new N card has 1, 2 and 3. And so I only have 1 and 2 antennae and am out an antenna 3. Presumably N

Example: those 2 red highlighted cables are the A/B and G antennae that would have been my old card. I just pulled this image of the net, but same theory applies.



So obviously I tried keeping 2 in 2 and put 1 into 3 and you might have guessed this didnt work to bring out the unstoppable cosmic powers of my router, Im still on 54Mbps and the card's driver isnt letting me transmit it N only under any of the Value settings for Mode. Ive tried disabling the G mode and putting it into A/B to see if this would force it to jump onto the N connection but no such luck.



So I figure, I need a new antenna cable/receiver to install into the back of my laptop lid. Pain in the Ass I know, but its cheaper and less obstructive than a USB or expresscard solution. But I dont know how to search for, or where to buy, such an internal N antenna for a laptop.

Alun

http://www.oxfordtec.com/uk/p120/Laptop-Internal-Aerial-Antenna-U.Fl-plug-connector--Electrically-Isolated--easy-installation-no-need-to-open-the-Base-or-LCD/product_info.html

Overheal

Epic bump.

http://cgi.ebay.com/third-MIMO-Antenna-4-802-11N-AR5008-4965AGN-5300AGN-/230383697001?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35a3f03c69

This is the part I needed for this.

The answer to my question being No: you cannot substitute A/B/G antennae for an N antenna. The 802.11n Standard has a newer requirement for a MIMO antenna (Multiple Input Multiple Output) that was not present on the older antennae.

Perhaps when I get this installed I'll try using the N-Router again to see if it doesnt keep dropping my connection.