32" tv

[friz]

Which has better WiFi reception (distance), An Amazon TV or a generic TV with a Fire Stick plugged in? Also, is there and extender that will move a Fire Stick closer to a window? Thanks

[JeffJohnston]

Originally Posted by friz

Which has better WiFi reception (distance), An Amazon TV or a generic TV with a Fire Stick plugged in? Also, is there and extender that will move a Fire Stick closer to a window? Thanks

That depends on the wifi antenna in the TV. to move the firestick closer to the window you just need an HDMI extension cable. here's a 10' one
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZYCXRV2...ding=UTF8&th=1

[flybouy]

I would recommend purchasing a wifi "booster" that plugs into a standard 120vac outlet. They are basically a small wifi repeater and are very afforsdable.

[friz]

Originally Posted by JeffJohnston

That depends on the wifi antenna in the TV. to move the firestick closer to the window you just need an HDMI extension cable. here's a 10' one
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZYCXRV2...ding=UTF8&th=1

Thanks Jeff. I ordered a 6' HDMI cable yesterday.

[jsb5717]

Are you trying to stream TV in an RV park? That could be iffy at best. Most RV parks don’t have adequate bandwidth in their free WiFi for streaming. Many will tell you that their WiFi is NOT for streaming. A WiFi booster is a good addition to an RV but if you’re trying to connect to RV park WiFi for boosting you’re still stuck trying to boost a low bandwidth signal. There are some RV parks that advertise that their WiFi is able to be used for streaming. But they are very few and far between.

Ideally you would have your own cell service you can use for streaming with enough bandwidth and connectivity to stream smoothly.

I know you didn’t ask for this info but just trying to read between the lines. Good luck

[friz]

Originally Posted by jsb5717

Are you trying to stream TV in an RV park?...........

No. I should have elaborated. This is for my 5th wheel on my property. The secured internet router/modem in the house is about 150' from the 5th wheel.

[wiredgeorge]

Originally Posted by friz

No. I should have elaborated. This is for my 5th wheel on my property. The secured internet router/modem in the house is about 150' from the 5th wheel.

I have about the same situation for my shop office; about 150' from my house where I have an extender in the window connected to my home's router via ethernet cable. On the outside of my shop is an outdoor 2 gHz band WiFi antenna. The antenna's output is USB and goes through my window and connects to my PC. This works pretty well. I don't use the antenna in this eBay ad but similar idea.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/39401360472...Bk9SR6ak98SnYw

[jsb5717]

Originally Posted by friz

No. I should have elaborated. This is for my 5th wheel on my property. The secured internet router/modem in the house is about 150' from the 5th wheel.

Then a good wifi booster might be beneficial. There are many different models and bandwidths available. I use this one

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...e?ie=UTF8&th=1

[NH_Bulldog]

I just set up a UeeVii Wireless Bridge at my brother's shop which sits 350 ft. from his house. We fed an ethernet cable from his router inside the house to the master unit mounted to the exterior of the house, and then attached the slave unit to the exterior of the shop (it is a 40' x 60' steel structure so it was a cellular and WIFI dead zone inside) and fed an ethernet cable into the shop and to a WIFI router there. It was only about $75 and works great.

You could do something similar if you mounted the slave unit to a post next to the 5th wheel, then you could connect to a wireless router inside or outside of the camper.

At my own house, our shop is a wooden structure that sits only 50' from our house, so I was able to use a simple TP-Link AC750 ($20+/-) plug-in booster that receives the signal from the house and boosts it over a wide 1200 sf area giving us full strength and speed WIFI in and around the shop.

[friz]

Originally Posted by friz

Which has better WiFi reception (distance), An Amazon TV or a generic TV with a Fire Stick plugged in? Also, is there and extender that will move a Fire Stick closer to a window? Thanks

Call off the hounds! The new el cheapo, opened box 32' Insignia TV from Best Buy with built Amazon Fire TV picks up the house signal fine. The other set which prompted my question was a maybe 5 year old Toshiba that required a Fire Stick. Thanks for all the help.

[LHaven]

Originally Posted by friz

No. I should have elaborated. This is for my 5th wheel on my property. The secured internet router/modem in the house is about 150' from the 5th wheel.

As a (retired) pro wireless engineer, I'd address this in one of several ways, all of which would involve mostly the home equipment rather than the RV equipment. In order of effectiveness:

1. Run a cable from a port on your existing router to a point in the house closest to the RV, then plug in a directional access point (like this one) pointed at the RV. Downside: running the physical cable can be troublesome and unsightly.

2. Install a pair of powerline extenders (like this set), one at the router side, and one either at a close point inside your house, or even right inside your RV, since they all share the same power feed. Downside: extenders may not work if the two units are plugged into circuits on different "legs" in your breaker box. (I usually remedy this by simply swapping two adjacent breakers for one of the circuits in question, which requires no actual rewiring.)

3. Install a wireless extender (like this one) inside your house at roughly a halfway point between your existing router and the RV (adjusted for walls and other obstacles). You never put an extender at either end of the coverage distance because then it would be straining to work with the same poor signal your TV already gets. Downside: many extenders are same-channel "repeaters," which halves the speed of the link.

My product links are not recommendations, but are just to illustrate the type of equipment available in each category. I tended to choose the lowest priced ones, but premium models often give better performance and more features.

[jxnbbl]

I use # 2 above at a house with a detached garage. Believe it or not, the this works through house wiring (with an Ethernet cord) at my internal router...though to the subpanel/breakers in the garage to the 'garage extender router'.