need way to boost WiFi signals at campgrounds at times the signals is only 2/3 bars, distance to their network varies from 50-100yd. What can I buy?
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I love my wifi extender, just not this one. The construction of the USB was horrible and the weight of the antenna quickly broke the device. Look for ones where the antenna is on a base separate from the computer.
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you can do a do it yourself project such as using a strainer like for veggies or a small plastic bowl if something lighter in weight and cover it in aluminum foil but youll have to cut out the correct size for the usb entry, plus your going to need a usb cable adapter not to long even 5ft is fine. this mode you will reach even further than you anticipated. you can look this up on ehow.com or on instructables.com
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The customer service at Amped Wireless is exceptional. I would rather have the question answered by them. The signal at my house is very good.
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If you are trying to increase your connection to weak wifi signals on a laptop, I would suggest a wifi adapter with a high-gain antenna. Something like this: 1000mW 1W 802.11g/n High Gain USB Wireless G / N Long-Rang WiFi Network Adapter - Dongle With Original Alfa 5dBi and 9dBi Rubber Antenna *Strongest on the Market* This is basically taking the approach of improving your reach, instead of trying to increase their output, which I think is what you really want to do.
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Yes we use it in our travel trailer .when you set it up excellent for wifi we are at least 150 yards away from campground Wi-Fi works like a charm
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Quite close yes. But you can get a signal booster dirt cheap. This will extend the wifi signal significantly.
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You can take item and router to Radio Shack and they will sale you an adapter. The booster antenna works great!!!!
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I haven't installed my unit outside yet. I have it plugged in inside the house. I rent camper spaces and the people in the camper about 500 feet away had to hook up a receiver to get good reception in there camper. I think if I had it installed outside they would pick it up fine. My neighbor has one and he picks it up good all over his farm and can get 2 bars half a mile away. He mounted his on top of his tallest barn. If you aren't able to get enough bars maybe you could put a receiver/router thing on (I don't know what they put on but it was something they already owned)
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I stay at a RV park in lower Alabama and my spot is several hundred yards from the antenna ath the club house. I could only get 1 bar and sometimes 2 but after I installed the Alpha I get 4 to 5 bars consistently and have good access to the internet. There a lot of campers in the park and when they are all on it slows down but I still have good access.I also tried a much more expensive one and got less signal.
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I stay at a RV park in lower Alabama and my spot is several hundred yards from the antenna ath the club house. I could only get 1 bar and sometimes 2 but after I installed the Alpha I get 4 to 5 bars consistently and have good access to the internet. There a lot of campers in the park and when they are all on it slows down but I still have good access. I also tried a much more expensive one and got less signal.
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You have to set it up where there is at least a 70% signal. So it may not work for you. If I were you I would contact Amped Wireless and find out if they have a device that would work or if they could offer some other suggestions.
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I'm about 30 yards away and upstairs from my router and I get full strength signal. It's fairly good. Just make sure you use the latest drivers from their website, and not the included disk. Also be sure to set your power settings such that it doesn't turn off USB to save power, and set your USB device settings for full power on your port. This will be best on a USB 3.0 port, but still gets great speed on a 2.0 port.
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do not use long cable, wifi router better close to antenna as possible, wifi frequency decay a lot in this kind cable.
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you would need 3 boosters 1 for each, no kind of splitter that I know off. would work really good! would add bigger antennnas too! or get a different router with 1 removable ext antenna instead of 3?
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What bothers me is that you said you live miles from "coverage," which could mean you show zero bars of signal. That won't work. You need to be inside the AT&T; coverage area and showing some kind of signal. Even one bar with -105 dB will work...but there needs to be something to latch onto.
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You should get signal within 100 yards,. but 150 might have signal loss or weak connection...
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Try getting very close to your router, like less than 2 feet away, sounds silly but this worked for me it seems this tablet wont pick up wifi at any distance even if it shows signal.
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I will be looking to solve the same problem in about 6 months, and so have considered the alternatives. The GL-iNet might work, but its range might be limited because it has no external antenna. I am more inclined to try the TP-LINK TL-WR940N or WR841ND. I am comfortable working with the open source router software, openWrt, and would set the router up to link to the campground AP and then provide a local AP for my wireless devices as well as a connection for a set-top box of some sort (Roku or Chromecast or other).