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Do I need 4 antennas for my BCM94331CD?

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I recently bought a BCM94331CD WiFi/BT card and a PCI-E x1 adapter for it. The adapter only has 3 antennas, while the BCM94331cd has 4 pigtail connectors. I've just connected 3 of them randomly, and left out the other. Bluetooth is working fine, so I've probably connected that antenna correctly, but WiFi is not. At first, it would only pick up a signal 10 feet away as minimum strength, and refused to connect. After changing the port left unplugged, I got more reasonable signal strengths, but I still cannot connect. I have tried with and without brcmfixup.kext along the way, but that hasn't changed anything. So, do I have a software problem, or do I need to buy another antenna? And if I do, what is the cheapest one that doesn't take more than 10 days to ship?

Also, if I need to upload any files or pictures, just let me know.
 
I recently bought a BCM94331CD WiFi/BT card and a PCI-E x1 adapter for it. The adapter only has 3 antennas, while the BCM94331cd has 4 pigtail connectors. I've just connected 3 of them randomly, and left out the other. Bluetooth is working fine, so I've probably connected that antenna correctly, but WiFi is not. At first, it would only pick up a signal 10 feet away as minimum strength, and refused to connect. After changing the port left unplugged, I got more reasonable signal strengths, but I still cannot connect. I have tried with and without brcmfixup.kext along the way, but that hasn't changed anything. So, do I have a software problem, or do I need to buy another antenna? And if I do, what is the cheapest one that doesn't take more than 10 days to ship?

Also, if I need to upload any files or pictures, just let me know.

Can someone please respond to this. I have the same issue after removing the native Wifi/Bluetooth card on my ASUS z270i and replacing it.
 
Shalom.
I'm pretty sure to have both bluetooth and wifi working all 4 connectors need to plugged in on the card. i have 2 plugged in and currently have wifi working but not bluetooth so I would imagine the other 2 are for bluetooth meaning you would need all 4 connected to get both bluetooth and wifi.
If i've helped at all I'm happy.
 
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