Wifi Repeater help
I am looking at various options and hardware for helping pick up wifi from poorly broadcast signals at many parks. I would like to connect an outdoor antenna to an indoor wireless router and be able t...
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Thanks for the replies guys,
My antenna question was about parks or other wifi sources that use 802.11n. Will an antenna built to 802.11b and g specs still work? I suspect it will only allow 801.11 g speed at best.
The JefaTech setup I tried would not pickup as many hotspots as my laptop! Even with the external antenna up on my roof batwing!
The JefaTech help said this was entirely doable and only the router or cloned laptop mac address was necessary to make the park system think there was only one unit connected.
jhilley wrote:
802.11n can use either 2.4GHz or 5GHz. If the RV Park only has 802.11g, that is all you are going to get. 802.11b and 802.11g use 2.4GHz only.
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My antenna question was about parks or other wifi sources that use 802.11n. Will an antenna built to 802.11b and g specs still work? I suspect it will only allow 801.11 g speed at best.
The JefaTech setup I tried would not pickup as many hotspots as my laptop! Even with the external antenna up on my roof batwing!
n7bsn wrote:
FYI
Also some parks are also requiring that the IP that accesses their network "log" in. So a simple router will NOT work on this type of network.
The JefaTech help said this was entirely doable and only the router or cloned laptop mac address was necessary to make the park system think there was only one unit connected.
