Add external antenna tp-link WN610G

[ciopper]

TP-Link TL-WN610G
lspci: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
Command: airodump-ng –c 6 ath0
Internal Antenna: PWR No Network found RXQ No Network found
External Antenna: PWR 1 RXQ 10
External Antenna with Windsurfer: PWR 8 RXQ 100

so TP-Link TL-WN610G with modify doesn't work fine...
OMG

[ciopper]

I think I'll buy another pcmcia wireless card with external antenna too...
Can you advise one in particular compatible with linux and aircrack that you know works fine? (on ebay)
I found this: http ://cgi.ebay.de/Orinoco-Gold-PCMCIA-Wardriving-WLAN-Karte-2-4GHz-11Mb-s_W0QQitemZ230205643980QQihZ013QQcategoryZ32900QQs sPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

tnx a lot!
bye

[ciopper]

hey hey maybe i have found the problem of the modify for the tp-link... I have read an italian guide where explain that you can add an external antenna (cutting one of two internal antenna) but you must cut the other internal antenna too.
If you use the external and internal antenna toghether the signal isn't ok... if u cut the internal antenna and only use the external the signal will be perfect!

If you don't understand my bad english tell me and i'll try to explain again

[sognenovski]

I think I'll buy another pcmcia wireless card with external antenna too...
Can you advise one in particular compatible with linux and aircrack that you know works fine? (on ebay)
I found this: http ://cgi.ebay.de/Orinoco-Gold-PCMCIA-Wardriving-WLAN-Karte-2-4GHz-11Mb-s_W0QQitemZ230205643980QQihZ013QQcategoryZ32900QQs sPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

tnx a lot!
bye

Looks identical to my Orinoco Classic Gold, tried everything known to google to set the card to monitor mode on BT2. dmesg displayed ‘Monitor mode support is buggy in this firmware, not enabling’. From what I read it required a firmware downgrade from 8.72 to 6.16, again no luck. Monitor Mode did work with Knoppix-STD however, from memory the card didn’t support injection (Hermes1 Chip). So I simply gave up. Err… I should try it on BT3, I’ll give it shot over the weekend.

Before you stock up on aspirin take look here…
http ://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=6471&highlight=orinoco

If I had my time again, I would go for this…
http ://cgi.ebay.de/Netgear-WPN511-RangeMax-WLAN-PCMCIA-Card-108-MBit-s_W0QQitemZ120195564402QQihZ002QQcategoryZ115510QQ rdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638. m118

Looks like its in your part of world. You will need to do the external antenna mod on this one. Let me know if you go for it, I’ll post a jpg of mine with the mod.

A word of warning, Netgear has bad bad habit of changing chips mid production on their models without any visible changes. Best check with the seller.

Back of mine reads…
NETGEAR RangeMax Wireless PC Card WPN511
FCC ID: PY3WG511TV1H3
CANADA ID: 4054A-WG511V13
Made in China 272-10221-01

Hope this helps.

[sognenovski]

If you use the external and internal antenna toghether the signal isn't ok... if u cut the internal antenna and only use the external the signal will be perfect!

If you don't understand my bad english tell me and i'll try to explain again

Sure I understand. Well, I just have to disable both internals and do the field test again.
Stay tuned…posting back in a few hours with the results

[sognenovski]

and the results are in...

TP-Link TL-WN610G
lspci: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
Command: airodump-ng –c 6 ath0
Internal Antenna: PWR N/A RXQ N/A
External Antenna: PWR 10 RXQ 90
External Antenna with Windsurfer: PWR 18 RXQ 100

much, much better!

[ciopper]

and the results are in...

TP-Link TL-WN610G
lspci: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)
Command: airodump-ng –c 6 ath0
Internal Antenna: PWR N/A RXQ N/A
External Antenna: PWR 10 RXQ 90
External Antenna with Windsurfer: PWR 18 RXQ 100

much, much better!

yuppiii!!! very gooddd!!!

When i'll receive my components i'll try immediatly!

[sognenovski]

ciopper, updated the jpg to reflect the changes.

www .socomms.com/contrib/TL-WN610G.jpg

I'll stop using mine as a paper weight...nice find, thx.

Best
Steve

[ciopper]

ciopper, updated the jpg to reflect the changes.

www .socomms.com/contrib/TL-WN610G.jpg

I'll stop using mine as a paper weight...nice find, thx.

Best
Steve

Thx to you!

[halfluke]

Your welcome, I made a small update to the jpg.
- place some tape on the PCB behind the coax. This is to prevent any possible shorts.
- use a small cable tie to hold the coax in place. Cable tie head to be locate internally. If the head is to big, melt it down with soldering iron tip.

Use the same above link to view.

Lots of luck!
Cheers
Steve

PS: The same mod principle applies to the Netgear RangeMax WPN511, which I found to be a better performer all around compared to the TP-Link (same chip). If there is interest, I'll upload the jpg.

I have just bought a Netgear RangeMax WPN511 and managed to open it without screwing up. But I have no idea of what and where to solder.Could you help with a pic please? (It seems I cannot download attached pics from here, could u put a link?)

Regards