A good article explaining Wi-Fi Extenders: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/06/18/boost-your-wi-fi-for-just-50.html?intcmp=hpff

We found early on there is more to it than just getting something better to pickup the WIFI HOT SPOTS for internet at the various camp grounds.Most of the camp ground become overloaded especially between 6PM and 11PM when everybody there starts using the local netzoerk. Even with a nice strong signal it becomes very slow whenerver everyone logs into it...To always have great connections required us to sogn up with VERIZON MIFI Account and create our own secured WIFI HOT SPOT. This works whereever your Verizon Cell phone works...Roy Ken

Problem with them, every repeater hop cuts the bandwidth in half.

ChooChooMan74 wrote:Problem with them, every repeater hop cuts the bandwidth in half.May I have a more detailed explanation of your post, please. Inquiring minds want to know why a repeater cuts band width in half. Does that apply to all repeaters? What about over air to wire repeaters? ThanksRichard

RoyB wrote:We found early on there is more to it than just getting something better to pickup the WIFI HOT SPOTS for internet at the various camp grounds.Most of the camp ground become overloaded especially between 6PM and 11PM when everybody there starts using the local netzoerk. Even with a nice strong signal it becomes very slow whenerver everyone logs into it...To always have great connections required us to sogn up with VERIZON MIFI Account and create our own secured WIFI HOT SPOT. This works whereever your Verizon Cell phone works...Roy Kenand if you already have a Verizon smartphone you can turn your phone into a personal hotspot for no extra $.

The article oversimplifies and doesn't cover the many variables that come into play when extending the signal.It also is not really relevant to campground situations. WiFi is line of sight and there are often lots of "blockers" between devices inside your rig and the campground's repeaters.When you do see a strong signal from the campground WiFi, but can't get onto the internet or when you do, it is really SO S L O W, that is network congestion. They don't have enough bandwidth to handle all the devices trying to access the internet. Add to that problem someone that's streaming Netflix and hogging the limited bandwidth and you might as well forget it until everyone else goes to bed!To bring the campground WiFi into your rig from the furthest distance, a CPE device like "Rogue Wave" will work best. Even then, if the park doesn't have adequate bandwidth, you won't get wonderful speeds.

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RLS7201
Explorer II
Jun 18, 2016
ChooChooMan74 wrote:
Problem with them, every repeater hop cuts the bandwidth in half.

May I have a more detailed explanation of your post, please. Inquiring minds want to know why a repeater cuts band width in half. Does that apply to all repeaters? What about over air to wire repeaters?

Thanks
Richard
ChooChooMan74
Explorer
Jun 18, 2016
Problem with them, every repeater hop cuts the bandwidth in half.
RoyB
Explorer II
Jun 18, 2016
We found early on there is more to it than just getting something better to pickup the WIFI HOT SPOTS for internet at the various camp grounds.

Most of the camp ground become overloaded especially between 6PM and 11PM when everybody there starts using the local netzoerk. Even with a nice strong signal it becomes very slow whenerver everyone logs into it...

To always have great connections required us to sogn up with VERIZON MIFI Account and create our own secured WIFI HOT SPOT. This works whereever your Verizon Cell phone works...

Roy Ken

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