I have 3 wifi routers, 1 works but has a broken antenna 1 was given free from a service provider &1 I bought what 1 best?

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The oldest with 1 fine antenna and 1 broken (2 total) is a Trendnet TEW-652BRP V. 2.1R

One given to me is a Netgear N150 WNR1000

One I bought is a Cisco Linksys E1200

Now I bought it and used it but before I moved and stopped usi g it cause the past couple providers provided wireless modems, but Cox has not sooooooo.... so what one should I use?
 
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The trendnet and the cisco support up to 300m but with a broken antenna the trendnet likely can't do 300 since it requires 2 antenna to get that speed. The netgear only uses a single antenna and is limited to 150m.


I would use the cisco. You might be able to repair the trendnet, there appear to be 2 versions of main boards, most unfortantly have antenna soldered to the board but some use the standard u.fl connector and you can buy a replacement antenna.......then again you would best put any new money to a more modern router than any of the 3 you have rather than repair one.
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The trendnet and the cisco support up to 300m but with a broken antenna the trendnet likely can't do 300 since it requires 2 antenna to get that speed. The netgear only uses a single antenna and is limited to 150m.


I would use the cisco. You might be able to repair the trendnet, there appear to be 2 versions of main boards, most unfortantly have antenna soldered to the board but some use the standard u.fl connector and you can buy a replacement antenna.......then again you would best put any new money to a more modern router than any of the 3 you have rather than repair one.
 
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thanks but of the 3 you would recommend the Trendnet one over the Cisco? ok... I did like that one, I just didn't like that, that plastic antenna part broke... as I did say though, it is still intact, I once tried to glue it back and also tried to plastic weld it but nothing was a permanent fix
 
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I did not read the details of either other than they both support the same level of 802.11n data encoding.

As long as you did not break the wire that goes from the main board to the antenna the damage is mostly cosmetic. The antenna will work fine taped or glued back on.
 
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update, I had used the Cisco, but then hooked up the Trendnet you guys suggested, according to my WiFi analyzer on my phone, the Trendnet is better cause the signal doesn't jump all over the place... Had a little issue hooking it up but I fixed the issue, the problem I have now is that the wifi seems a bit slow, I'm supposed to get 50Mbps but it's seeing less than 10... cell and laptop both... the PC hardlined is reading 65Mbps
 
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