How does this product compare to the High Power USB-Yagi Plug and Play directional WiFi Antenna 802.11n 2200mW in distant reception and transmission?
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No comparison at all. The yagi configuration offers much more gain and direction but at a cost of size. Get the Yagi for home use the Alpha 2200mw for a portable. With the yagis you can stack them. 2 yagis doubles the power. While still living in Oregon USA, I had quad yagis with a parabolic and reached the library Wifi over 3 miles away. But that bird did not travel with me to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile, so made do with the Alpha 2200.. I get perhaps 200 yards of range. Good enough to acuire free government Wifi from a park, and two schools. Red National Interner Para Todo is free at all schools and Parks in Panama. But I also have a Claro 3.5G modem for travel, and get signal anywhere other than a tunnel. Hope this helps with your decision. Slam dunk I would use the yagi from home and stack them as needed. And I also will mention you can feed the yagi to the Alpha 2200 for even more Wifi signal gain. Doctor Gringo en Panama, AKA el Zorro
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I'm not familiar with the Yagi, but this is the best wifi receiver I have ever seen.
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I haven't tested the one you mentioned yet, so I can't give you an definitive answer, but from the specs on the page... I would surmise to say the results would be similar in comparison. I've only settled on Alfa since, they work well with my Linux/unix systems OTB. I will say that the Yagi would be more sturdy and practical than the Alfa overall, if you are outdoors more often. The Alfa is simple and cheaper for my needs. Hope that helps.
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It's an external WiFi antenna which utilizes one (or optionally two) USB ports at the computer. Two connections theoretically provides enhanced band-width. I use it at home where one computer is at near max wireless range and in an RV when using a laptop. Works quite well for me.... Doubles the reception bars in most instances.
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I don't know the power rating, but I have been using this for the past three weeks on an RV trip. You disable the internal wifi card then plug this one into the USB port and my Win 7 sees it immediately. Several RV parks we have been at have had one bar or zero before plugging in this antenna. With the antenna I've been getting a full 5 bars. I aim the antenna in the direction of the transmitter and there has not been a problem getting a full signal from inside the RV. No issues with the cable length that I'm aware of.
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This antenna is more powerful than the built-in card in your computer, and can be aimed via the antennae. Hook this up to your computer, then turn off the built-in one (so they don't compete with each other). It (this particular one or similar) will pick up the signal from a modem (or whatever) better than what you have. In other words, this powered usb wifi receiver with extenal antennae is stronger and better equipped to pull in the wifi than a built-in card. In general, I would recommend a trusted 6-foot (or so) usb cable for ease in positioning it for maximum convenience and effectiveness. Good luck.
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I have not tried to see what reception is like. I bought the product to use with USB media and with that it works great. I can give it a try and see.
1761234
Yes it should be perfect for picking up signals from farther away. I used to use mine at the RV Park. It is basically just an amplified wireless antenna receiver. It comes with a driver CD, which I just checked and it has a MAC OS 10 driver.
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Try looking into repeaters. I'm guess that would be your best bet.... Or you can go with the Alfa 1000mW 1W 802.11b/g USB Wireless WiFi Network Adapter With Original Alfa Screw-On Swivel 9dBi Rubber Antenna. I've used it and your distance shouldn't be any problem for this puppy.
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I only use a hub. I get good reception in my wife's studio about 65 yds away. My hub is not mounted outside but sits in a window inside. I also get reception back of my home into the woods about 150 yds away. Her studio is made of siding covered with vinyl. I get very intermittent connection inside my neighbors home about 175 jus away. Hope this helps you.
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I think it is close to the same, but I travel a lot with varying signals and WiFi and factors that make it hard to track which is better. Definitely not bad. Hope that helps.
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I don't know. Most of these Wifi modules use the same PCIe physical interface. Usually the difference is the number of antennas. The dimensions can vary in depth as well ( but not width ). Honestly, I would recommend disabling the bad internal radio and using one of these really short USB Wifi modules. http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wi-Fi-Micro-Adapter-WNA1000M/dp/B004VDR37K/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1422199731&sr=8-5&keywords=usb+wifi+dongle
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Yes it should be perfect for picking up signals from farther away. I used to use mine at the RV Park. It is basically just an amplified wireless antenna receiver.It comes with a driver CD, which I just checked and it has a MAC OS 10 driver.
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We used the "Yagi" zBoost directional antenna to boost our signal from about 1 bar to 5 in Moon Canyon near Leavenworth, WA, where it is very difficult to get a clear signal. Our system uses two different antennas: the fish-bone-like Yagi antenna and the square antenna. We receive both Voice and Data and these are hooked up to the ZBoost amplifier that is inside of the house, which then redistributes the signal to our Verizon cell phones and our computer which uses a Verizon MIFI device to receive the signal for the computer. This arrangement works great, because we don't have cable, or any other land-line for our computer. We used the "Yagi" zBoost directional antenna to boost our signal from about 1 bar to 5 in Moon Canyon near Leavenworth, WA, where it is very difficult to get a clear signal. Our system uses two different antennas: the fish-bone-like Yagi antenna and the square antenna. We receive both Voice and Data and these are hooked up to the ZBoost amplifier that is inside of the house, which then redistributes the signal to our Verizon cell phones and our computer which uses a Verizon MIFI device to receive the signal for the computer. This arrangement works great, because we don't have... » Read More We used the "Yagi" zBoost directional antenna to boost our signal from about 1 bar to 5 in Moon Canyon near Leavenworth, WA, where it is very difficult to get a clear signal. Our system uses two different antennas: the fish-bone-like Yagi antenna and the square antenna. We receive both Voice and Data and these are hooked up to the ZBoost amplifier that is inside of the house, which then redistributes the signal to our Verizon cell phones and our computer which uses a Verizon MIFI device to receive the signal for the computer. This arrangement works great, because we don't have cable, or any other land-line for our computer. « Show Less
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They are the same. The "007GTi-PRO-US-2200" is just part of the official model number of the antenna. Some 3rd-party vendors may forget to include or not know it so its it not listed. But regardless, they are both the 2200mW Yagi antenna with a Ralink rt3070 chipset wifi usb dongle.
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I can't really answer the better con but it is a USB plug to plug into the computer. I didn't have a wireless card already but an external that went bad. I'm very pleased with the performance with this antenna.
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The Ubiquiti UniFi AP Enterprise WiFi System Long Range has a 3db higher receive gain than does the standard Ubiquiti UniFi AP Enterprise WiFi System. While this is not as good as your device having extra output, it does help pull in the signal from your device so that it is usable at long range.
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The antenna has gain in the WiFi band (2.4GHz), but it's a 75 ohm antenna. Most every WiFi devices uses 50 ohm external antennas. Get the 50 Ohm variant of this antenna.Alternatively, find a cheaper 2.4GHz only yagi antenna from another vendor. It will have better gain for WiFi than this "wide band" antenna.
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USB 2.0 can go much further, and the power rating has been listed everywhere from 7 to 14db, I would estimate it's around 10 to 12. I get full signal off a hotel that is 1/8th of a mile away. And I can connect to several that are a bit further out. It isn't super high powered, but it does an excellent job of beefing up the signal. I got 1 to 2 bars without it, full with it, and that is inside my home, outside I can find several wifi hotspots I can't even see without it.