I found this product while surfing the internet. It sounds to good to be true. I'm a Internet junkie and have 2 air cards. I'm always going over my time.
Has anyone ever used this product, Sure would love to try it.
http://www.betterwifirange.com/
thanks
Chicken
Better WiFi Range
Discussion in 'Trucking Electronics, Gadgets and Software Forum' started by CHICKENMAN, May 10, 2010.
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looks way to good to be true. im guessing you would get the same results if you hooked up an old wifi card with antennas cause that is all it seems to be. or instead of going with 2 wifi cards get one good unlimited one. millenicom has a good plan going. soon as my contract on my aircard runs out im going with them from reading a lot of reviews some on these forums.
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Go with WokFi. Put a USB wifi dongle in the middle of something parabolic and you get a directional antenna.
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I use wifi from TA/Petro and Flying J and all locations seem to be different...Some with good signal and some bad and some really bad...
In most cases, the farther you get from the building the worse the signal...
I'm going to try this booster and will repost after I've tried it at a few Truck Stops... -
I'm at the TA in Gallup right now with 5 bars of signal and I'm on the back row...Last time I was here I barley got 3 bars...Still can't wait to try the booster though...
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I also bought one of these things, havent gotten it yet. but will keep u guys imformed
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I checked out the many reviews on this product at Amazon. All buyers reported a great gain in signal strength as well as faster up load and down load speeds. Some reported connecting to routers as far as a half mile away. Other reviews from other sights report similar results. The price on this booster is cheep compared to others. The output and input power use is much higher then the power output of most laptops and net books most internal laptop cards use 200-250 milliwatts this device uses 600 mW (3 times as much). I guess this increased power usage could run your computer battery down a little quicker. I do not think this is a antenna only, reading the specifications I think this is more like a linear amplifier All and all it seems to me to be a fairly priced item with a beneficial use result. I just ordered one, Has anyone here got one of these yet, and if so, hows it working in the truck stop?
SPECIFICATIONS:
Model
GS-27USB-50
Standard:
IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g (WIFi Compatible)
Chipset
Realtek RTL8187L+RTL8225
RTL8187B & 8187L both available!
Frequency Band:
2.412GHz ~ 2.484GHz unlicensed ISM band
Data Rate:
IEEE 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps
IEEE 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps
Output Power
27dBm/500mW
Transmitter Power:
11g 19 ± 2dBm@54Mbps
11b 25dBm ± 2dBm
Operating Range:
Up to 1000M in open environment 1000M = (3260 feet).
Power Consumption:
Transmit:[FONT=新細明體]<600mA Receive:[FONT=新細明體]<[/FONT]400mA
Antenna
Model:GS-27USB-50 (with 5dBi RP SMA dipole antenna)
Security:
WEP (64/128/256bit), WPA, WPA-PSK,
WPA2 TKIP/AES, WPA2-PSK
I/O Interface:
USB2.0/1.1
Operating System:
Windows98SE, ME, 2000, XP, SP2, Vista, Windows 7, MAC to 10.5 OS, Linux
Operating Temperature:
-20°C ~ +70°C
Storage Temperature:
-40°C ~ +80°C
Humidity:
10 ~90% (non-condensing)
Channels:
2412~2462 MHz (US) 11 channels,
2412~2472 MHz (EU) 13 channels
2412~2484 MHz (Japan) 14 channels
LED:
Link/Active
Receive Sensitivity:
Operating at 11Mbps:[FONT=新細明體]<[/FONT]-82dBm@8%PER,
54Mbps:[FONT=新細明體]<[/FONT]-65dBm@8%PER
Data Modulation Type
802.11b: BPSK,QPSK, CCK
802.11g: OFDM
Power
USB Host DV5V
[/FONT]Last edited: May 30, 2010
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My neighbor has one of these and let me take it home and try out today ,My acer net book has N wireless built in adaptor and has above average range
The Acer has only get around 5 signals with average 3 bars at the most.
As soon as I installed this device I get about 15 signals with 3.5 to 4.5 bars.
I have been to exact same spots that I had taken my Acer to connect for unsecured
signals which I failed to access Internet. With this one plugged in I was able to connect Internet every time.
Now, whenever I need to access Internet I can stop by practically anywhere because
this device gives me such wide range that allow me to get free hot spots.
The reason why I got this device was that I need to find free hot spots wherever I
go with good strong signals so that I get get information whenever I need.
This does very good job. I look foward to the one I orderd to arive!
So far I tried only three wifi booster and this is the best booster I have tried.
Size, portability, price, performance u can't find better one than this.
tip: don't try just one angle for best signals. Try different angles different
height, because slight movement makes day and night results.Last edited: May 31, 2010
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