iPad.......found its short coming

ChopperBill wrote:
Turned in the Sudden Link cable internet because were heading home. Got the passwords for a couple of wifi spots from 2 neighbors. Around 200 feet away. iPad just wont stay connected. Figured it was just too far. Fired up my 6 year old HP laptop and bingo great internet. Did some Goggling and found it was a weak point in iPad, but just gave suggestions how to improve it in the house with your own router but not much on getting a stronger outside signal. Saw there are other inner antennas available but not sure how good they are and how easy to install. Any suggestions?

Here is how I do it in assorted parks...

Outside the motor home, atop the flag pole is a Linksys WGA-54G, this is a Wi-Fi "modem" the client side has a standard Rj-11 (LAN) port

Connects to the WAN (Internet) port on my house router

My assorted devices (2 DVR's 2 Androids and 3 computers) connect to the router.. NOTE: only one of the computers sucks data big time. the others sip a bit from time to time but only one really uses the net.

Fun setup. You now those ads for DVR's that let you record in one room and watch in another record and/or watch 2 shows at one time,, Mine have been doign that for ... Well the motor home is a 2005, I have had them since I think 2002.

svjim wrote:
If you can see the wifi hotspots but can't connect, I would guess it is most likely that the transmission power on the iPad is just not strong enough. Apple does everything they can do to save battery power. I can see where some of the wifi relays mentioned in some of the other posts might actually work with something like the iPad.

Another thought is and I am not sure about this, but the wifi radio in a wifi only iPad may not be same radio used in a 3g/4g iPad. If you iPhone would connect to the wifi 200 feet away, then their is a good possibility that this is the case. Again, just speculation on my part as I do not know if the wifi radio's are different in the different iPads and iPhones.

Yes its a wifi only iPad 4.

If you can see the wifi hotspots but can't connect, I would guess it is most likely that the transmission power on the iPad is just not strong enough. Apple does everything they can do to save battery power. I can see where some of the wifi relays mentioned in some of the other posts might actually work with something like the iPad.

Another thought is and I am not sure about this, but the wifi radio in a wifi only iPad may not be same radio used in a 3g/4g iPad. If you iPhone would connect to the wifi 200 feet away, then their is a good possibility that this is the case. Again, just speculation on my part as I do not know if the wifi radio's are different in the different iPads and iPhones.