labbymommy@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm asking this question for my father-in-law. 6 mths out of the
> year, he travels in his motorhome. Many of the campgrounds are now
> offering "free" wireless connections with their campground fees.
> Basically, they are putting their router in the window of the
> campground office and allowing folks to connect to it. In a few of
> the campgrounds, my FIL has experienced too low of a signal to
> connect to (he's too far away from the office). He is wanting to
> know if there is something that HE can put on/in his laptop or
> motorhome to boost the receiving of this signal? We understand the
> technology of boosting the signal from the router location, but
> that's not an option.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> ~Daughter-in-law to a camping papa
Quite a few people use wireless on their laptops in the motorhomes, and many
have the USB wireless devices that have a 6 ft cord on them (you can be
sitting in your chair using the laptop, and have the USB device in a window
pointing at the office)... If you have built in wireless, there is
absoluteloy no reason you can't ALSO have another wireless device, and use
that when needed (like use the built in one when out and about, and the
external USB one when in the RV and can't get a signal on the internal
one)...
Specifically:
Hawking Technologies Hi-Gain USB Wireless-G Dish Adapter ( HWU8DD )
available at amazon for about $60 (and can be ordered online)
<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000DINCIQ/ref=pd_cp_e_title/002-3244203-1935261?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=172282>
"Boosting" the ability to receive a wireless signal?? 
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