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Wi-Fi/signal booster?
Sig220_Ruger77
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I have a question for you tech savvy fellas.
Our camper has a smart TV in it. Our last camping destination was at a KOA, which had free wifi. We could get the TV to connect to the internet, but it couldn't open any apps. It just kept saying or connection signal was too weak. What is our best option to help with this in the future?
Jon
Our camper has a smart TV in it. Our last camping destination was at a KOA, which had free wifi. We could get the TV to connect to the internet, but it couldn't open any apps. It just kept saying or connection signal was too weak. What is our best option to help with this in the future?
Jon
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I have a buddy that has an rv and has an AT&T hotspot for it. When they?re in a situation like you describe, they fire it up and ride their own network. Costs a few dollars a month and you?re limited to areas with cell coverage, but it worked for their purposes.
You may possibly also be able to use your cell phone as a hot spot. I do this so that my tablet has Wi-Fi. Same limits as the hot spot, but it?s an option.
Called verzion many times finally they recommended I buy the newer router instead of the hotspots.
MORE money and another BS 2 year contract!!
Canceled all my over priced {But up to then good service} plans.
Now the campground's wifi is weak by my RV, so I got an external booster/antenna off of EBBByyy . plugs into the usb port. Can't get it to work, the cd included and the instruction sheet is really bad Chinese to English translation. And so crazy....."step 5= plug cable into usb port.
"step 8 {next page} load cd BEFORE plugging in cable.
WTF?????
Fiberglass RV and I'm at the far end of the campground from the WIFI system.
I get it though, before we sold our camper, my wife and I would spend all day and evening outside, but probably due to our patterns at home, we were never ready to come in from outdoors and go straight to bed. So, we found a $5 DVD player and I'd either bring a DVD from home or use one from Netflix and watch it while laying in bed. We never had much of any reception at the camp grounds we went to, but they are all CoE lakes / nature reserves with not much amenities and generally hardly, if any cell service. We live out in the country, so for us to feel like we are camping, we go remote. Sometimes even dry camping. I used to love backpacking and bivy camps but my back has long told me that isn't a good idea if I want to be able to move the next day.
serf
https://expertvagabond.com/wifi-antenna-booster/
That and rainy days are really the only time we will use the TV. Other than setting the TV up and testing the signal, we haven't had it on yet. I think we are just going to throw our small standard LCD TV in the camper and put that smart TV in our house. I can do like you mentioned and just add a dvd/blueray player and we can at least watch movies if the weather is bad.
On a side note, we have gotten a ton of use out of the camper radio already. With speakers both inside and outside the camper(2 separate control zones) we have really enjoyed that. I just plugged my little micro usb stick in it and play away.
Jon