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Modding the Arris BGW210-700
The Arris BGW210-700 is practically trash when it comes to its wifi because of the position of the internal antennas according to the logic board layout. Modding can increase the wifi coverage and I would like to make this happen. I searched online and found the logic board schematics and I see it only has 3 U.FL connectors to soldered directly to 3 copper ending which are the ones acting like antennas. These are facing the front of the stupid thing instead of all around to have a proper coverage.
If I opened the box and punched the case holes in the reference locations already marked by the manufacturer; would this void some sort of warranty? Would I get into trouble with Att by modding the factory moddable case? I want to increase the range of the wifi signal by adding high output external bi-directional or omnidirectional antennas without adding additional hardware since Att is being stupid about not letting us use our own router.
tonydi
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9.9K Messages
4 years ago
The BGW belongs to AT&T (even if you're paying a monthly fee) so they're not going to be ok with you hacking around in it.
It sounds like a lot of work for what will probably be a hopeless cause since I don't think all of the wifi issues are because of the antenna placement. There are tons of people in this and other online forums that have continuous wifi issues with the BGW (and the Pace gateway) even when their wifi devices are close to the gateway.
I think you'd be better served by doing something like this which will get you where you wanted to be in the first place.
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Scholar
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465 Messages
4 years ago
In the past I have bought cheap ATT gateways on ebay and they work just fine. If you want to experiment, that would probably be the best way to go. If you totally brick the ebay gateway, you can just plug your old one back in.
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browndk26
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4 years ago
You can use your on wireless router behind the gateway.
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