Captharv
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I hope I am not re-hashing someone else's post. If it is, the monitor can delete it.
In cruising with a boating club all around Florida, you run into marinas whose idea if Wi-Fi is a router in their office, which is out of range of the boats at the docks.
Moreover, at least here in Fl there are may Wi-Fi "hotspots" operated by the cable companies. I was a volunteer at a state park and there was no Wi-Fi at all there, being it was in an island and the cable company refused to run a cable to the island either under or above water. So I started a bug-them-every-day as I am retired and got one at the mainland side of the river which reaches into the park good enough for some handheld and laptop coverage.
On that, the Wi-Fi antennas built into most laptop lids are not efficient. The ones on the "boosters" or separate antennas are far superior.
My laptop would not couple in as the signals were not real strong. Some laptops worked some did not. I bought an "extender" which plugs into the USB on you laptop. It brought the signals from 1-2 bars to solid 5 bars.-
For those non glasses-tape types, you plug in the unit to the USB, go to the manufactures website and download the drivers and software, and its ready. Here's a hint: Download the raw file and save it to the laptop. Then install it. I have had a glitch get into the ap and had to run a "repair" mode.
In the last three years I have used it, I have not run into a marina Wi-Fi that did not work.
Note on cable wifi. They have two flavors: One is open and no P/Ws are required, and maybe identified as: Cable Guest, or Cable open. The other ones require for those who have cable, to call the cable company and register a screen name and P/W. Usually the screenname is your Roadrunner one.
I am a retired electronics nerd and my specialty is Antennas, including TV, and broadcasted signals.
In cruising with a boating club all around Florida, you run into marinas whose idea if Wi-Fi is a router in their office, which is out of range of the boats at the docks.
Moreover, at least here in Fl there are may Wi-Fi "hotspots" operated by the cable companies. I was a volunteer at a state park and there was no Wi-Fi at all there, being it was in an island and the cable company refused to run a cable to the island either under or above water. So I started a bug-them-every-day as I am retired and got one at the mainland side of the river which reaches into the park good enough for some handheld and laptop coverage.
On that, the Wi-Fi antennas built into most laptop lids are not efficient. The ones on the "boosters" or separate antennas are far superior.
My laptop would not couple in as the signals were not real strong. Some laptops worked some did not. I bought an "extender" which plugs into the USB on you laptop. It brought the signals from 1-2 bars to solid 5 bars.-
For those non glasses-tape types, you plug in the unit to the USB, go to the manufactures website and download the drivers and software, and its ready. Here's a hint: Download the raw file and save it to the laptop. Then install it. I have had a glitch get into the ap and had to run a "repair" mode.
In the last three years I have used it, I have not run into a marina Wi-Fi that did not work.
Note on cable wifi. They have two flavors: One is open and no P/Ws are required, and maybe identified as: Cable Guest, or Cable open. The other ones require for those who have cable, to call the cable company and register a screen name and P/W. Usually the screenname is your Roadrunner one.
I am a retired electronics nerd and my specialty is Antennas, including TV, and broadcasted signals.
