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Posted by: petermartin Tuesday, 16 May 2006
SMA, TNC, RP-SMA, RP-TNC, N type, Reverse N type, MMCX, MCX etc It can be quite confusing to specify connectors particularly when they can be "reverse polarity" ...

.. or "reverse gender". In the good old days, before some bright spark decided to introduce RP types there were just two types of SMA and other similar connectors. The plug had a male pin and the jack had a female pin. Too easy.

The reverse SMA plug, RP-SMA plug,  instead, has a female pin (4th pic down) and the reverse SMA jack has a male pin (3rd pic down). Unfortunately there seems to be an increasing tendency to refer to the RP-SMA plug as "RP-SMA male". We use the term RP-SMA plug female pin , because, from what we know of sex, there are no male elements at all in RP-SMA plugs.   

RF Connectors Overview

sma.jpg

SMA Connector, Plug, Conventional
male pin

SMA3xxx-yyyy

(yyyy describes cable type

eg 0316 =RG316, 0058 =RG58) 

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smaf.jpg

SMA Connector,Jack, Conventional 
female pin

SMA8xxx-yyyy

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rp-smam.jpg

RP-SMA Connector, jack

male pin

SMA9xxx-yyyy

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Rp-SMAf.jpg

RP-SMA Connector, plug

female pin

SMA6xxx-yyyy

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tncm.jpg

TNC Connector, Conventional, Plug

Male Pin

TNC3xxx-yyyy

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tncf.jpg

TNC Connector, Conventional, jack

female pin

TNC8xxx-yyyy

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rp-tncm.jpg

RP-TNC Connector, Jack

Male pin

TNC9xxx-yyyy

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rp-tncf.jpg

RP-TNC Connector, Plug

female pin

TNC6xxx-yyyy

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bncm.jpg

BNC Connector , Plug

Conventional (shown) has male pin

BNC3xxx-yyyy
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RP has female pin

BNC6xxx-yyyy
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BNCf.jpg

BNC Connector jack

Conventional (shown) has female pin

BNC8xxx-yyyy
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RP has male pin

BNC9xxx-yyyy
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mmcxm.jpg  rp-mmcxf.jpg

 MMCX Connector, plug

Conventional (left) has male pin
MMCX3xxx-yyyy
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RP (right)  has female pin
MMCX6xxx-yyyy
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mmcxf.jpg

MMCX Connector, jack

Conventional has female pin
MMCX8xxx-yyyy
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RP has male pin
MMC9xxx-yyyy
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nm.jpg

N Connector,  plug

Conventional  (shown) has male pin
N3xxxx-yyyy
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RP has female pin
N6xxxx-yyyy
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Nf.jpg

N Connector, jack

Conventional (shown) has female pin
N8xxxx-yyyy
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RP has male pin
N9xxxx-yyyy
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mcxm.jpg

MCX Connector, plug

Conventional (shown) has male pin
MCX3xxxx-yyyy
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RP has female pin
MCX6xxxx-yyyy
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mcxf.jpg

MCX Connector, jack

Conventional (shown) has female pin
MCX8xxxx-yyyy
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RP has male pin
MCX9xxxx-yyyy
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smbp.jpg

SMB Connector Plug

Conventional (shown) has female pin
SMB3xxxx-yyyy
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RP has male pin
SMB6xxxx-yyyy
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smbj.jpg

SMB Connector jack

Conventional (shown) has male pin
SMB8xxxx-yyyy
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RP has female pin
SMB9xxxx-yyyy
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MC-RA.jpg

MC Connector

Plug

MC3xxx-yyyy
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male pin

FME Connector, jack, female pin

FME8xxxx-yyyy
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FME Connector, plug, male pin

FME3xxxx-yyyy
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What connector do I have on my card or Access point?

This is the best information we have on what connector you might need. However, we don't take any responsibility for the accuracy of this list so you'll need to check it out yourself or with your supplier. Sending us a photo of the connector can save a lot of time.

Please email any additional information, or corrections.

You'll also need to think about sex. :-) Usually, but not always, its RP jack (malepin) or conventional female jack  on the equipment and so you'll need RP plug  female pin or conventional male plug on the pigtail.

see also Connectors Overview

Wireless
Product
Radio
Connector
ORiNOCO and Avaya
ORiNOCO MC Card
3Com
3Com Airconnect Access Point 3CRWE747A MMCX
Apple
Apple MC Card
Airport Extreme MCX-Plug (Male)
Belkin
PC Card RP-SMA
Breezecom / Avarion
Breezecom AP/SA/WB-10D Prop SMA
Buffalo
Buffalo MC Card
Cisco / Aironet
Cisco Aironet Bridges 340/350/1200, PCI card RP-TNC
Cisco Aironet Bridges, PCI card RP-TNC
Cisco Aironet PC Card MMCX
D-Link
D-Link Air DWL-520, DWL-900AP, DI-713, DI-714, DI-614, PCI 520+ RP-SMA
Dell
Truemobile 1150 PC Card MC Card
Enterasys Roamabout / Cabletron
Enterasys MC Card
Enterasys Filotex MC Card
HyperLink Routers SR2400
SR2400 RP-TNC
IBM
IBM Wireless PC Card MC Card
IBM Wireless AP500 MC Card
Intel
Intel PRO/Wireless AP WEAP2011BK RP-BNC
Intel PRO/Wireless AP WPCI5000 RP-SMA
Linksys
Linksys WAP11 RP-TNC male
Linksys WET11, WMP11 (PCI), WPS RP-SMA male
Linksys WMP11 PCI Card RP-SMA male
Netgear
All Access Points RP-SMA male
Nokia
Nokia PC Card SMA Right Angle
Proxim
Proxim RL/2 Bridge RP-SMA
Proxim RL/2 PC Card MMCX
Proxim Harmony 802.11 PC Card RP-MMCX
Proxim Harmony 802.11 PCI Card Rev Thread SMA
Proxim Harmony 802.11 AP RP-TNC
Proxim Stratum MP RP-TNC
Samsung MagicLAN
Samsung MagicLAN PC Card MMCX
Samsung MagicLAN AP/PCI Rev Thread SMA
SMC
SMC AP/Bridge RP-TNC
SMC 2655W MCX-Plug (Male)
SMC 2665W MCX-Plug (Male)
Symbol
Symbol AP RP-BNC
Symbol PC Card MMCX
Toshiba
Toshiba AP MC Card
US Robotics
USR Access Point RP-TNC
USR 8022 RP-SMA
WaveAccess
WaveAccess 132 RP-SMA
Clarion Wireless LAN
Clarion M10 SMA Male
GRE
GRE Gina RP-SMA
Lucent WaveLAN®
WaveLAN® Legacy WaveLAN Proprietary
Maxtech
Maxtech RP-SMA
Wi-LAN
Wi-LAN AWE22/45 RP-TNC
Wi-LAN AWE120-24 TNC-Male
Wi-LAN AWE120-58 N-Male
Zcomax
Zcomax XI300/1000 MMCX
Zcomax WL420/431/450 RP-SMA
Zoomair
Zoomair PC Card 4105 RP-SMA

Other useful sources of information.

http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility

http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/radio_to_connector_list.php

 

 

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