While doing my annual pc cleaning last month, for some reason, I took
special notice of my Wi-Fi SMA antenna connectors on the back of the PC.
I
have disconnected the Wi-Fi antennas as they are not used and get in
the
way of the cabling they. In my case, to get connected to the internet, I
have a LAN cable from the back of the PC that goes to the hallway to a
TP Link Wi-Fi extender. I find I get a better signal this way as opposed
to using the Wi-Fi antennas on the rear of the PC.
Needed connectors
Back to the Wi-Fi
connectors on the rear of the PC, as I was cleaning, a thought came to
me
that these open Wi-Fi connectors could be a nice RF magnet. In the past
I have issues with RF getting into the PC and to eliminate as much
as I could is a bonus. I did have a few 50 ohm SMA male connectors and I
thought with that I would be good to go. On closer inspection and a
frustrating experience trying to get the 50 ohm to connect to the PC, I
found the SMA connector on the PC was a male and the 50 ohm connector is
also a male connector. This had to be purchased, and it's called
RP-SMA.Once they came in, the connection went very smoothly. So what are your
thoughts on this, most if not all PCs have Wi-Fi antenna options and if
you're not using it and prefer LAN connections should these antenna
connections be terminated with 50 ohm terminators?
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