This makes the antenna more directional. It increases the range in one direction while decreasing it in every other direction, so I'm not sure how well this would work for most people without relocating the router/AP.<p>That being said, it's a clever bit of engineering.
So this makes the router sends a stronger signal, farther. But how does this help if my laptop still has the same wifi adapter and can't send a strong signal back?
if my router has 3 antennas, is there any point to installing it only on one of them? my intuition that's based on exactly no RF experience whatsoever tells me that it'll do more harm than good. (case is weak 5GHz signal in the corner of a house.)
interestingly, the antenna optimizer (AO) software uses genetic algorithm to find the right the antenna topology, therefore, this antenna is not designed, it's evolved. more details can be found here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_antenna" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_antenna</a>