Kathy <me@nowhere.com> wrote:

> While camping in a small motorhome, we try to find campgrounds with
> "wifi" for our computers. Many sites that advertise it have such a
> weak signal that we can't pick it up from our site. Is there some
> device that we could put on our roof or near a window that would pick
> up the signal and relay it to the cards build into our computers?
>
> I looked at the device suggested for the man who wanted to be able to
> get his daughter's wireless, but that needs to be plugged into the USB
> port so it would work for only 1 computer at a time.

A wireless range extender like the D-Link DWL-G710 or the Linksys WRE54G
could. It still depends on how weak the signal is. An extender (or a
repeater, like the DWL-G700AP in repeater mode) can be positioned in
places where a laptop can't. Say in a window or high up inside your
camper.