Need a portable antenna to take on the go &amp; use to boost my MiFi wireless hotspot on demand in office bldg, etc. Is this appropriate?
316803
actually, if you use such as the verizon mifi you can get an antenna just for that and then put the antenna near a window, outide in the direction with the most signal etc.. The wilson booster is probably overkill.
1622600
It will need an adapter to go from antenna to Mifi. The connection of antenna to adapter, just screw together, but the connection to the unit it somewhat flimsy. I don't see where any pressure on the adapter to mifi would be good. I tied it off to the unit w/ Velcro. After that it works well.
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The website says:"With MIMO (multiple input, multiple output antennas) technology, it shows more excellent abilities of mitigating data loss over long distances and through obstacles in a small office or a large apartment, even in a steel-and-concrete building. Above all, you could easily pick up the wireless network during long-distance connection where legacy 11g products may not!" Mines connected to my upstairs PC on the other end of the house from where our router is. This thing picks up full signal with ~40mb/s download speeds and is about 45-50ft away.
575736
Yes.It will work very well compared to your cell phone/tablet, whatever-you-have, with out a booster. The antenna alone will give you about 1 1/2 time the performance... depending on where you are.Best use is with the booster.JM2C:)
1452931
I know this answer is late to the party, but there's a lot of bad info here that I can clear up for anyone who gets here's from Google (as I did, research in something else). Short answer: yes, as long as you have an N cable and an N pigtail with the proper connection to your wireless air-card. More clarifications: this person was looking to boost cell reception to a modem/router connected through a 3G air-card (Sprint, in this case). This antenna certainly worked for me, but I bought it through a company that provided me the proper cables too. It doesn't solve all Cyberonic (Sprint wholesaler, look it up if you want to know more) issues, but if you don't have a cell tower in your back yard it's pretty necessary to get the most from their service.
1897710
Best choice in that scenario is the aircard as others have suggested. I have a mobile hotspot device which I connect several devices to via WiFi, using the IOGEAR Adapter with those electronics which don't have native WiFi capability - works great.
429885
No, this is a WiFi extender/router. If you cannot get a signal, then your just out of luck. You are thinking of a 4G LTE signal booster, which can only boost an already strong 4G or 3G signal for indoor use. It's not a very portable thing either.
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No, I wouldn't recommend it. I thought I had a strong, direct signal outdoors and am disappointed with my reception. I haven't reached a final decision yet, but have purchased a powered signal amplifier. I live in an apartment and bought this antenna because it could be mounted discretely outdoors. It's certainly good looking.
179267
It will work great. I have mine set up a mile apart with several large concrete buildings in the middle and it gets a perfect signal with no data loss.
1605912
That's exactly what Wi-Fi repeaters were invented to do. This one can do it to a point, like all repeaters. If it can get and keep a signal, then it can boost it. Keep in mind that it doesn't have any external antennas so don't expect miracles. "Weak" will have limitations. If you have room, you might want to get a full sized repeater with antennas depending on how weak the signals you plan on boosting.
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I have taken mine out of the truck into our cabin. I have not mounted it permanently in the truck yet, but intend to in the future. I work in construction and this is not a big issue for me. I would not recommend this to be done on a daily basis by anyone. Keep in mind that this unit is 12V DC and I carry a battery booster pack in to the cabin also to power it. Not something that your wife would want to be toting into an office environment. Overall I do not know of any of these that are designed to be that portable. Hope that this helps. On another note, here in WV we have found out that it is best to buy the replacement 12" tall antenna and use it instead of the little 4" antenna that comes with the unit. All the world in difference.
193977
Yea.. preferably a power wire that only becomes hot when the radio is on. . Or it'l slowly drain the car battery. ...But it's not necessary to use the antenna. . It Just improves the signal even more
1792252
Not enuff info, camera inside? monitor in same building or other? U will likely need two antennas, probably not as powerful as airgrid.
555877
Not familiar with mifi... watch a youtube about some guys in France that set up an entire wireless network to be able to fly about a mile. Took 'em a whole lot of hardware. Best of luck.
1340430
Yes! When setup using the included antenna, you should see a 2 - 3 bar improvement indoors and an upgrade from 3G to LTE. It's what this unit is designed to do.
1332092
No antenna is required but being near to your wireless router should help. Hopefully there are not a lot of obstructions and especially no steel walls in the way.
719531
Direct connect to device, f-type. It isn't a boost, just an antenna. No power supply required.