wifi signal amplifier

The manager of the campground and I have been friends for several years. The bandwidth is there, that's not the issue. I'm over 1000 ft away from the main router or reciever, and the extender is probably 200-300 ft away from my site. I can connect with my phone or a tablet and get a decent stream, but from what I've read, and extender would only extend the weak signal and not help anything. By adding an unlimited plan, the cost would be close to what I have now. I would love to be done with direct all together, still looking at options, thanks for the input.

You have two differnt things.. First Streaming on park wi-fi is not really the best of options. many parks have limted bandwidth and if you start streaming video during prime time you won't be happen and others won't as well.

BUT if you wish to improve park WI-Fi two suggestions depending on your level of expertise;

Wi-Fi Ranger... This is an all in one solution consisting of an indoor module. (Router) outdoor Module (Wi-Fi Adapter...looks like a MODEM to the router) and cable. You stick the outdoor module up high and aim it toward the park's Access Point.

Second is a Home Brew Wi-Fi Ranger.. Ubiquiti Wi-Fi device (mine is a Nanostation Loco M-2 which is at the low end of their impressive products)

And a home router (I do not recommend BELKIN which is what I have) And you set it up yourself Alas it does not always work but it really helps.


The other option is to improve yoru CELLULAR data range.. Now you are using your own bandwidth here so nobody in the park will be upset with you hogging it.

We-Boost or Max Signal... These consist of 3 parts.. Indoor antenna. outdoor antenna. and "magic" box (2 way booster) can give you many times the Cellular Range. I have not used one of these but from what I know. Make sure you get the model (or one of them) that works with your cellular provider. And Direcitonal antennas outperform omni. but omni is easier to set up.

And as with any radio system HEIGHT is MIGHT so run 'em up a flagpole


Finally.. Have you considered DISHnetwork for Sat TV?

I’m facing the same problem / delimina. Now we just take a receiver from the house and we have DIrect TV. Both places. Problem is it is standard definition. Got an e mail about 3 days ago from AT&T informing me that they were discontinuing SD a year from now and that with my existing equipment I would no longer receive satellite TV. Said that I could change over to HDTV now at no cost for anything. If/ / when I do I do change over my antenna in the coach will not work with their signal. Not even sure that I could take new equipment from the house and use it in th coach. I think I cannot. A friend changed to DTV HD and he is paying for additional equipment for the motor home only., like two seperate systems. Not sure I understand it all but looks like more money to me. I’ve wondered about subscribing to portable WiFi or a smart phone with unlimited data for streaming tv in the coach.

There are some long threads on this. As I understand it the big problem with WIFI boosters is that many RV parks have low bandwidth WIFI. So amplifying that signal gives you a stronger signal but does not improve the bandwidth. Which means you can connect just fine but still cannot download anything.

So yeah you may be able to boost the signal but will the park give you enough data (bandwidth) to work with?

I've been looking at Cell Phone Boosters but they have obvious drawbacks, mainly you have to buy a bigger data package from your cell company. We had problems with AT&T landline and finally cut the cord, they kept adding stuff on the account that we did not want or need. My wife would call them up and complain then 2 months later they'd do it again.

I wouldn't be planning on doing any streaming with campground wifi. Even with a good signal, almost no campgrounds have the bandwidth to support this, especially with more people attempting it.

I'm staying with DTV for several reasons:

Streaming allows no recording (that I'm aware of.) I record everything. I can get a signal virtually anywhere. I rarely need support.

Yeah, it's more expensive, but you get what you pay for.

I've had good luck picking up wifi with a Ubiquiti Bullet and an external directional antenna.