wifi booster
can anyone tell me if these things work or a waste of money?im going to camp at a campground where they say the wifi sucks and wondering if anyone has experience on what to use brand ,style ,etc
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Forum Discussion
- vermilye,
Which specific Ubiquiti Nanostation unit do you have? - If you are interested in a good explanation of wifi boosters and how to put together your own system, this guy is probably the best on youtube. He does talk fast, so you might need to watch it a couple times, especially if the subject is new to you.
David Bott Explains RV wifi boosters - Unfortunately the gentleman is using mac. They are now down to 9.73% market share.
Seattle Steve wrote:
If you are interested in a good explanation of wifi boosters and how to put together your own system, this guy is probably the best on youtube. He does talk fast, so you might need to watch it a couple times, especially if the subject is new to you.
David Bott Explains RV wifi boosters pianotuna wrote:
Unfortunately the gentleman is using mac. They are now down to 9.73% market share.Seattle Steve wrote:
If you are interested in a good explanation of wifi boosters and how to put together your own system, this guy is probably the best on youtube. He does talk fast, so you might need to watch it a couple times, especially if the subject is new to you.
David Bott Explains RV wifi boosters
What does that have to do with wifi boosters?
(That's a rhetorical question. I do understand that your self-esteem issues require you to validate your tech decisions at every opportunity, regardless of whether or not it has anything to do with the subject at hand.)
BTW- Besides using a Mac, he also RVs in a Tiffin Allegro Bus 45, so he has obviously made good choices in his life and can afford good stuff. He doesn't have to settle for using second-best. :)- For a few years now, I've used the "Rogue Wave", I placed the antenna atop my Crank up TV antenna to give it some height. I just checked prices....wow, they've gone up! Anyways....it does just an OK job. It will take a weak signal and make it stronger but as pointed out, most campground Wi-Fi sucks anyways. If I happen to be in a Walmart parking lot while the wife shops, it does the job picking up Walmart's signal from where I'm Parked.
Once again, I think improving your Cell signal/Hot Spot signal is what I'm aiming for and the WeBoost will be in my future. - Hi,
It has to do with 90% of folks not wasting time looking at technical help that may not be helpful at all. As I originally said 'unfortunate'.
And what has your most recent post got to do with wifi boosters?Seattle Steve wrote:
pianotuna wrote:
Unfortunately the gentleman is using mac. They are now down to 9.73% market share.Seattle Steve wrote:
If you are interested in a good explanation of wifi boosters and how to put together your own system, this guy is probably the best on youtube. He does talk fast, so you might need to watch it a couple times, especially if the subject is new to you.
David Bott Explains RV wifi boosters
What does that have to do with wifi boosters? - I got tired of my hubby standing on the roof of the rv to get a signal (work). So for 2017 Christmas I bought him a Wilson cell signal booster. It works with our Verizon cell service as a hot spot, has one exterior antenna on the top of the ladder (13' up) and an interior antenna by the booth dinette. He states it adds one bar to his usual service. Verizon has MN very well covered but some of our state park campgrounds have no or 1 bar service. This has improved and we can virtually always text and often have enough service for internet use. Hope that helps.
- This depends on many things. There is no one size fits all. In Cg's with trees and obstructions like bath houses and other rvs, can really degrade a signal. Not to mention the person next to the antenna who is streaming net flix while the dw is on face book...Bandwidth is like a water pipe and depending on the size of the pipe depends on how much signal goes through it. We camp in remote spots so we boost both the wifi and the cellphone. Amplifiers and very importantly outside antennas. Sometimes no matter what you do, you get squat. So we bring dvd's movies, read books or start a campfire and enjoy it.
