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Thunder_Mountai
Sep 25, 2014Explorer II
Flapper wrote:
You likely will not see much improvement overall. Especially for WiFi, you are at the mercy of what the campground has installed. Even if your signal strength can be increased, you will see little change in performance. That depends on the total bandwidth the CG has contracted for and how many other campers are sharing that bandwidth. Early to mid mornings are usually best - many are packing up to leave and are not on line. Evenings, especially after dark, are the worst, as everyone gets on line to browse the web or check e-mail.
I just retired from managing part of the wifi connections for a major University, and the only way it really can be improved is if the owner contracts with a higher speed/bandwidth provider, buys more capable equipment, and install more access points. It is only the last item that you might be able to improve on by buying your own booster - but if the coverage is that bad, you can count on the fact that the CG saved money on the overall amount of traffic their connection can handle, meaning it will still be slow. Your only real alternatives are to consign yourself to "primitive" camping...or piggyback on your cell phone service to use it's Internet connection instead of the CG.
100% correct. I finally gave up on trying to use campground Wifi and purchased a Netgear hotspot through AT&T. It works much better than tethering or using the iPhone's Wifi.
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