Boosting WiFi
Many campgrounds that offer WiFi seems to be spotty at best, most often because we are too far from the signal source. I know there are signal boosters, but which one is the best? (has to be idiot proof as well so I can use it)
Forum Discussion
- I have a Hawking Electronics unit. It works great. It is a repeater and router so I can use all my devices.
Mandalay Parr wrote:
I have a Hawking Electronics unit. It works great. It is a repeater and router so I can use all my devices.
What model do you have and where did you purchase it?- I have a Hawking 9db antenna. IMO, that is the key. It is not that you are too far from the CG antenna but that they are two far from you. WiFi requires two wan communications. If you are using an internal wifi, you are likely not pushing out far enough for the WiFi router to receive your signal. This is actually the most common problem with weak signal.
WiFiRanger has some great solutions. WoodGlue wrote:
Bear Extender
Bear Extender PC
WoodGlue
This is an example of device which provides extended wifi range for a single computer but which does not re-broadcast the wifi signal within your RV so that multiple computers, printers, game consoles, etc, have access to it. That capability is known as "WiFi as WAN" and it is found in devices made by several manufacturers including WiFiRanger, Cradlepoint, and Jafa.- And yet another no cost alternative if you need to share your internet connection when using a long range adapter such as the Bear Extender or Alfa, and running WIN 7/8, is to download the FREE, open source Virtual Router. It will create a WiFi hotspot that your other devices can share, without the additional expense of a dedicated hardware repeater.
- TP-Link WA830RE works great and I got it for about 30 bux new.
