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Originally Posted by dallasrules
I saw some posts about this from a number of years ago, but nothing recent.
I am looking for a wifi booster for campground use, but I am confused by the descriptions. It is really difficult to tell which one need access to the router to set up which you wouldn't have in a campground.
Then there are the mbps ratings. From about 300 to 2500, but its all relative. OK more is better, but how much do you really need?
So what do you all use?
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We have used Ubiquiti products with great success. The Nanostation is the antenna, and the Aircube acts as the router. Outside, I clamped the Nanostation antenna to an extendable fiberglass painter pole, which is then clamped to the ladder. Then, I ran the ethernet cable inside through the seals of a slideout near the TV. The Aircube was installed in the TV cabinet.
Note that this is a setup we used for over a year on our old rig, but have not installed on our new Montana. I plan to mount some permanent connections on the outside rear wall and into the TV cabinet there. (the TV cabinet is on the rear of the 3790RD we have)
This blog post does a better job of explaining it than I can:
https://outsideourbubble.com/build-a...for-under-100/
Some comments:
-Ubiquiti is carrier grade equipment and they make a lot of the backhaul equipment that is used for large scale cellular and wifi installs. Their products are very solid but their interfaces are a bit technical.
-some park wifi systems will not allow any router or antenna system to connect, by design. It seems this has now evolved beyond just a popup login to bypass; they are intentionally blocking devices that try to share the signal, like a router (I understand the underlying technology and several ways they may do this, but it varies by the technology the park is using). Simpler to just say that any wifi antenna and router system may or may not work depending on what system the RV park installs and how they have it configured.
-last is that no matter how good or how fast your wifi system is, you are at the mercy of the total available wifi bandwidth in the RV park system. Think of water as an example; if the park has low water flow, you could replace your 1/2" water hose with a 1" water hose, but you will make no difference to your water flow as that is not where the bottleneck is. If the park wifi is over used, a faster wifi system on your end will make little difference. Those who are really serious about reliable and fast internet will usually rely on a combination of shared wifi and shared cellular.
It can get very complex very quickly, but I hope the above is a good start.
Check out the blog above and video and let me know what you think and if you have other questions.
Brad