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Linda
this winter I was in the consignment shop and he was talking about a
thing that pulls in signals better in his case he was using the motels wifi (whether he should or not is debatable) he wasn't staying
at the motel but said he was getting it really well...I spend the summer at my dd's house in my 5th wheel the wifi doesn't reach my
5th wheel so I use my air card but it is limited am tempted to get this or some thing similar would you mind share the cost of the one you
bought..the one at the consignment shop was as I remember around 150.00
thanks
sheila

$45 at Amazon...

http://www.amazon.com/BearExtender-PC-B ... xtender+pc

Love my extender. Probably should be using it here

bluepinecones wrote:The company web page lists it @ $49 with free shipping.
Sadly it only works with computers running Windows.
Does anyone know of one for MACs?

Amazon has one for Macs.
Sandi

so...let me see if I understand this item correctly....if a free wifi signal is too far away to reach me, this item will pull it in?
If this is the case, we have free wifi at our clubhouse but of course not at my space, wondering if I bought this if I could get
the wifi to reach me. I think I should put that on my list of things to buy.

avalen wrote:so...let me see if I understand this item correctly....if a free wifi signal is too far away to reach me, this item will pull it in?
If this is the case, we have free wifi at our clubhouse but of course not at my space, wondering if I bought this if I could get
the wifi to reach me. I think I should put that on my list of things to buy.

It might. Do you show the signal at all, just too weak? That's when I find it works best.

I don't show the signal here but if I want to use the wifi I have to take my laptop to the clubhouse, or use their computers up there. But if I can reach the wifi from other areas like the laundry room or patio the wifi extender would be worth it just to save my data. I just don't care much for going to the clubhouse, its much too busy. The laundryroom is air conditioned and
no one hangs out there, its quiet.

I have to have one of these. Can I ask where you got it?? I see it on Amazon but would like to get one sooner.

Whoopee! As you may know, I have been having major problems with my new jetpack from Verizon using tons of expensive data and leaving me not being able to use it except for emergencies because of the cost of the data. I need it for teaching online, and I can't afford to not teach because it pays for a lot of my travel.

I spent the past four days fuming at the commercial campground I stayed at promising me good internet and then not delivering. The girl at the desk kept insisting I had firewall problems and that I was the only one to not be able to connect. Grrrr! I went to McDonalds twice to use their slow service.

Today, I left that place and came to another commercial campground in Portland with more promises of good internet. (Amazing how it changes from an over the phone "good internet" to "Well, you should be able to get connected" upon check-in.) So, having read this wonderful posting and needing new sewer hose, I went to Camping World on my way here. Bought their "Super USB WiFi Antenna3" booster for $89, and it took a while but IT WORKS!! I went from one or two bars to five bars!

It is still pretty slow, but at least I can get connected! Yea! This is really important because the new semester begins in three weeks and I have major changes in both of the classes I will be teaching. I'm going to be in the boondocks for the next three weeks, so it was really important for me to get internet, especially since I am almost out of gigs on Verizon so have been doing everything on my phone and still almost out. I would have ordered the BearExtender but needed something now.

So, now I will spent tonight and tomorrow night getting things set up for at least one class. Old friend from 5th grade to graduation picking me up tomorrow for the day. (I went to a very small high school where everyone knew everyone, so it is nice to find old friends in my travels.)

Am spending two nights at a county campground in Eugene, Oregon, and have a lot of work to do so got out my WiFi extender I bought as a result of BikerChic777's original post. I have to say, it works great! I had barely two bars of one WiFi hub and now I have five bars for both the hubs in the park. Fantastic!!!

I've been in state parks for the last three weeks so no chance to use it. I am thinking I might even be able to use it outside of places like Panera and McDonalds! State parks again for next ten days, and then almost three weeks in a commercial campground in Napa with free internet, so this should really save on my Verizon service.

Yea!!