z170 deluxe Is Wifi antenna needed?

[bertkelmer]

Long story short, in Asus RMA hell. Wifi went dead on my z170 Deluxe. 1st time they didn't do anything to fix it. 2nd time they held it longer still not fixed. Supervisor told me they tested and found no issue with wireless. She asked if I sent the antenna with the mb, I said no because they told me not to. So my question is, does that wifi antenna need to be connected in the back for wifi to work?

 

[thesmokingman]

I'd assume it makes it a helluvalot easier to connect to a network vs w/o one. But it's Asus, they should have antennas there to test with, but then again it is Asus so they probably don't have one and then just realized it weeks later. Sorry.