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Originally Posted by HerbertTreff
So we were wondering if it would be legal to actually solder the power cables to the interior electronics of the D-Link?
If not, is there any way to make sure it will never falls out?
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Originally Posted by Toa Circuit
I believe one of the exceptions is repair- could you open the thing (or maybe you don't need to), add solder to the plug(s), so they would have a good connection (Like they should- you would still be able to pull the plug out)? That would be allowed by the rules and would work better.
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I would strongly discourage opening the router. In addition to what you are proposing to do being against the rules, it is likely that you deform the antennas and mess up the reception. The antennas are made from pieces of thin sheet metal formed into 3D shapes that are rather delicate. Last year, a team member did exactly what you are proposing and bent the antennas. I did not have a way to determine how much that affected the signal strengths but from working with a bunch of RF engineers in the past, I know that the shape of the antennas are pretty critical to the performance of the radio.