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Originally Posted by Frank G
Will a external High Gain wifi antenna combined with a Alfa R-36 help in a poor wifi park?
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There are two distinctly different problems with park wifi. First is signal strength. Yes a booster/external antenna will help receive the park wifi signal, even if you're on the "fringe" of no service.
The second, and more limiting factor is bandwidth. When the park wifi is capable of transmitting 800 megs of data per second and there are 30 campers, all connected to the park wifi system, each pulling 100 megs of data while streaming cartoons for the kids, there's simply not enough bandwidth to support the demand and no matter how strong your signal, you can't stay connected. It's not because of poor signal, it's because there's no capability for the system to send/receive from your antenna/booster.
We've been in a number of campgrounds where there is excellent signal strength, but simply no way to get any data flow because everyone else is "bogging down" the system.....
So, a booster/external antenna "might" help or it "might not" help, depending on how much capacity the park's wifi can support.