{"id":32999,"date":"2026-09-20T10:49:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/why-does-the-antenna-have-seven-cables\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T10:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:49:46","slug":"why-does-the-antenna-have-seven-cables","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/why-does-the-antenna-have-seven-cables\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does the antenna have seven cables?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The roof antenna has <strong>seven cables because it combines several antenna functions in one unit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The cables are divided like this:<\/p>\n<ul data-spread=\"false\">\n<li><strong>4 cables for the 4G\/5G mobile network<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2 cables for Wi-Fi<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>1 cable for GPS<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Together, the four mobile cables give better conditions for a stable and fast 4G\/5G connection. The two Wi-Fi cables are used for the router&#8217;s wireless network. The seventh cable is for <strong>GPS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Should all the cables be connected?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Connect the four mobile cables and the two Wi-Fi cables to the correct antenna connectors on the router.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The GPS cable is connected to the router&#8217;s GPS connector if it is to be used. On the Wifi Performance 5G, the GPS cable can also be connected even if the GPS function is not used.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you connect each cable to the correct connector, and carefully tighten the connectors by hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wifi-faq-related\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/product\/5g-router-for-rv\/\">See Wifi Performance 5G<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"faq_category":[514],"class_list":["post-32999","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq_category-wifi-extreme"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why does the antenna have seven cables? | Wifi.se<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The roof antenna has seven cables because it combines several antenna functions in one unit.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wifi.se\/en\/blog\/faq\/why-does-the-antenna-have-seven-cables\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why does the antenna have seven cables? 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