When I held the larger antenna in hand, reminded me somehow of a magic wand a la Harry Potter, it turned out that one can thus really a little "magic": D.
The installation was done quickly and easily, then it went to the fine-tuning, so optimally align the antenna etc. And lo and behold: Now I always 4-5 bar reception, my ping is great and always stable, the potential of DSL Connection is so exhausted well. I was glad really, because now I do not have extra-consuming lay a LAN cable from one floor to another.
With the program you can inSSIDer the received signal strength can also view (helped by the way well in aligning the antennas):
Before: -78 dBm
After: -58 dBm
(The less is the number, the better)
This improvement seemed to me already really a bit like "sorcery", considering that this type of antenna for better wireless coverage within the plane (floor) is intended and not from one floor to another. I must say that I have an antenna positioned vertically and the other at an angle of 45 ° (both on the floor with the supplied feet). On the router itself an antenna is vertical and horizontally. So I've achieved the best results. Distance is not soo big, about 10 meters.
You can not always expect such a significant change occurs, depending on the design of the building and other obstructions to electromagnetic waves, so I would at this point indicate that there might individually may vary, as well, a larger antenna effect.
There were also with me an interesting side effect: Because the antennas are close to the subwoofer my 2.1 speakers, you can see the data from time to time about "by rushing" the speaker listening to: D But this is more the case when linear forward and hergefunkt much is , not a permanent condition, it is only a faint but perceptible noise already. If one were to keep the antennas next to a speaker, then that would be a similar effect to using a cell phone, this can therefore never be completely avoided.
Who wants to improve its wireless internet service, I recommend these larger antenna, however, one should not be disappointed if not all about big change is achieved by stringent external conditions. I am very happy in any case, all my needs were met.
