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What's the distance of wifi to the router?
Avoid interference:
Brick walls, metal objects, etc - inbetween?
Subwoofer, speaker(s), monitor, etc - nearby the wifi receiver?
Get a Wifi Signal App for your smart phone or PC - check the neighbourhood wifi, try find the less used channel 1, 6, or 12?
Consider external Antenna(s) which can be reposition (so not stuck behind the PC case blocking it).
5ghz is shorter distance, but faster speeds.
So long your connection is stable and solid (not spiking or dropping out), I wouldn't worry too much over it. Seems like you have the performance there at least.
As for the antennas, most wifi adapters have then just stick on the rear (behind the pc, which metal case can actually block them in the router is in front). You can get wired cable to repositional antennas on stands or magnet to the side of the case... allow for more flexablity to moving where the best position to get the stronger signal is.
Wifi has a lot to do with positioning and interference.
The router itself ideally is best in the middle of the house, as high up as possible. If it has multiple antennas, try sticking one horizonal (upwards) and another veritical. This helps cover distance in both directions then (for multi-story houses). The wifi receivers should be best position in direct line of sight to the router (avoiding blockages inbetween or interferance objects nearby).
You might find straight out to be better...
Just check the router also has one straight out or just slightly tilted. The signal is omnidirectional coming out the sides of them.
There maybe some lost, due to the router being below rather than above (as the signal tends to drop downwards)
I would suggest on the router, tilting two of those antennas to almost vertical... it will help send the signal upwards more (as it comes from the sides).
The Nighthawk is really good at Beamforming (directing the wifi signal to the device) so you shouldn't have any dropouts or deadzones.
No actual issues with it right?
Are you on a 5Ghz or 2.4 Ghz band frequency OP one is shorter than the other in terms of range.
2.4 ghz is longer range but can provide slower speeds depending on interferience.
Keep it, so long you aren't getting dropouts or packet lost.
They are just a wire, even those external antenna with hard plastic shell, it's just a wire inside; they are not directional by any means.
For directional WiFi you'd have to have Omni-Directional-Beam antenna to control the WiFi antenna's focus.
Overall if you getting decent speeds and pings, I wouldn't worry about the # of bars.
I've seen Laptops where their WiFi only got 1-2 bars on average and did just fine.
Try going to the Config for the WiFi Device in Windows OS and then in the list of options for the device, try setting Roaming to Aggressive.