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Upgraded WiFi Connections
Jeremy Parrett:
Not sure your pricing on the Ranger and the Bullet are correct. Here is the link to the Ranger antenna
https://www.wifiranger.com/wfrboost-fixed. At $249 it is spendy.
The Bullet https://www.wifiranger.com/productpage-wfrboostmobile even more at $299.
I think my Wave RV omni directional marine antenna is very competitively priced at $169 . It may not be as powerful as it is usb 5 volt driven but it is so much more user friendly......plug and play. When they come out with the router in a month or so for around $240 it will be the ultimate set up.
Edward Buker:
Jim,
I am surprised that you are able to get much signal from inside the cabinet at 2.4GHZ. When I installed mine in that way first time around(wanting to hide the unit) I found that it had about the same performance as the laptop internal antenna. When I moved it to the windshield on the little photo tripod there was a vast improvement in signal strength. Good for you if you have been able to hide it and get excellent signal strength. The dash mount with the ethernet cable stored in the dashboard liftable panel takes less than a minute to set up. It gives you a good "sweep of the area" from either side of the dash. When I am done it is compact enough to stow in those small cabinets over the couch on the slide side. Pretty good compromise without going to a roof or ladder mount.
That Lcom antenna has a polorization to it. You will see a H or V on the back of it. You may find, depending on the campground antenna polarization (usually vertical) that one position or the other will have better signal strength. For the most part I just use vertical unless I cannot get a good signal and then I might try H.
The price of the Bullet varies by the power output and I got the higher power one which may explain some of the pricing difference.
I think one other advantage to the Bullet is that it is so compact and well designed to be weatherproof. If you later decide you want to mount it outdoors it will survive quite well.
Later Ed
Joel Weiss:
--- Quote from: Jeremy Parrett ---Not sure your pricing on the Ranger and the Bullet are correct. Here is the link to the Ranger antenna
https://www.wifiranger.com/wfrboost-fixed. At $249 it is spendy.
The Bullet https://www.wifiranger.com/productpage-wfrboostmobile even more at $299.
I think my Wave RV omni directional marine antenna is very competitively priced at $169 . It may not be as powerful as it is usb 5 volt driven but it is so much more user friendly......plug and play. When they come out with the router in a month or so for around $240 it will be the ultimate set up.
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I believe the prices you are quoting include the Wifi Ranger and the Boost. The price of the WFR Boost Mobile, without a Ranger, is $179 as shown here: https://www.wifiranger.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=43
Gil_Johnson:
I had the marine version of the WaveRV and was not impressed. In some non scientific testing I tested the Wave against a laptop and didn't see much difference. I sold it on eBay.
Just a FYI,
JimDyer:
Ed,
I just have a Bullet 2, the same model I use at my motel for our customer Wifi......$39 from L-com plus $9 for the POE. Works outdoors in all weather. But one of the great features is you don't need to put it outside. ;D
I just leave mine vertical since the pattern is better that way.
the dash mount sounds like a good alternative for your coach......on mine there is no dash liftable panel, and the front curtain does a clean sweep of the area it would be mounted, so the cabinet works well for me.
Also, I needed to run power for the POE, the downstream router, and my NAS, which all needed a home within ethernet cable range, so the dash just wasn't a viable answer. Also, we tend to wallypark a lot when travelling, and want to use wifi sometimes without being obvious. All in all, if I wanted more power I'd go to the 5HP, though as you mentioned above more power often = less signal.
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