Wifi boost

Not sure I understand your comment. I have not tested the unit but the review I read was not good. What's strange about that?

wa8yxm wrote:
Generally.. YES.. Or you can use the browser on your phone or tablet.

Oh, and I strongly suggest a DIRECTIONAL antenna (more range in the on-axis direction)

How I do it when I am at a campground NOTE this is for WI-FI.> NOT CELLULAR DATA

The Ubiquiti Network products like the NanoStation that WA8YXM is decscribing are a great way to utilize park WIFI. I used the Bullet instead on a 8dbi omni antenna attached to my crank-up TV antenna. No doubt a directional set-up would outperform the omni antenna but still works well enough to do as intended and is very simple to deploy. Unfortunately, the Ubiquiti solutions are not terribly user friendly to those who are not familiar with basic networking.

For a quick connection with slightly limited performance, I have available in my arsenal a AmpedWirelss Range Entender attached to an exterior omni antenna. The set-up wizard on this product is very simple to use and no other equipment is needed if preferred. Again, not as performance oriented as the Ubiquiti products but, WAY easier set-up for many users without the desire to set-up their own network. In most parks we have been in, this is all that we need. WIFI is line-of-sight and getting that signal up and away from obstructions is huge. I am nearly 18' up to the tip of my omni antenna. For a quick lunch break or fuel stop and break, very easy and quick to deploy and enjoy WIFI at times.

And to answer the OP's question, all I use is the browser on my phone to make the connection.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Not sure I understand your comment. I have not tested the unit but the review I read was not good. What's strange about that?

"A guy I know"? Surely a link to the original review would be more productive?

Sorry, it was David Bott and it was posted on the Tiffin RV Fourm. I will try to find the link. David is a highly respected techo nut and I trust his opinions. He has a website also called Outside Our Bubble https://outsideourbubble.com/ if you would like to see some of the stuff he has put together for RVers pertaining to communications and many other things.
Winegard sent him a unit to test and his short description included this descriptor "BAAAAADDDDDD!"

Picinisco wrote:

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Not sure I understand your comment. I have not tested the unit but the review I read was not good. What's strange about that?

"A guy I know"? Surely a link to the original review would be more productive?

Welcome new member!
Glad I could help.
http://www.tiffinrvnetwork.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=775061#p775061

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Sorry, it was David Bott and it was posted on the Tiffin RV Fourm. I will try to find the link. David is a highly respected techo nut and I trust his opinions. He has a website also called Outside Our Bubble https://outsideourbubble.com/ if you would like to see some of the stuff he has put together for RVers pertaining to communications and many other things.
Winegard sent him a unit to test and his short description included this descriptor "BAAAAADDDDDD!"

Perfect. Thank you.

ThomBoles wrote:
Having traveled for the past 5 months I have found one thing to be consistent among parks 95% of the time. That one thing is that the WiFi is so bad it's not worth connecting to. Very slow if you can get it at all. We spent the $ on a good cellular plan and the boosting ability to get a cellular signal from further away from the tower. (WeBoost Drive 4G-X)

You obviously don't live or travel in the west where cell coverage can be spotty or non-existent for much of a trip. For me, if I can occasionally connect to a wifi signal to download email I doing pretty good. Boosting a slow wifi signal out here is the difference between having no connection or some connection. I wouldn't trade it though.

I used to travel extensively out West and have not found the lack of cellular connections to be at issue at all. I have Verizon which makes a big difference out West. I also tend to travel on the Interstates and stay near cities (of all sizes). Unless we are really out there (like an over night in a rest area in UT) we will have service.

This is not the brand I use. See Here But for inexpensive boost for campground Wi-Fi these external USB antennas are far superior to the internal antenna of a laptop. Sometimes campground Wi-Fi is not as bad as it seems. You are dropping packets because of the antenna behind your LCD. One of these will allow you to find optimum signal (good or bad) by placing the antenna where it can pick up the signal which is rarely where you are sitting or rotation of antenna. If I find good Wi-Fi in a campground it allows me to save data use on my hotspots. Just a suggestion...............