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| The Bullet |
The marina has
free wifi. It's been pretty good until lately. Towards the end of July we were finding it really, really slow to the point that we were unable to do anything on the internet at various times.
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| Tom assembling the Bullet |
Then just over a week ago during a storm, a big lighting strike knocked out 1/2 the marina wifi - the half that we connect to. So now have to pack up our laptops and schlep up to the laundry/bath/clubhouse or over to the public library for free wifi. Ugh! We've done this once a day hoping that our end of the marina wifi would be fixed soon. It's now been a week and a half. Apparently the repair parts are on back order. Double ugh!
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| Sabrina mounting it temporarily on the side of the arch |
I have been planning to get a wifi booster antenna at some point. This seemed like the perfect time to bump that project up on the priority list. We
researched via internet and fellow cruisers. The
Bullet came out on top. The majority of the cruisers here use it, many after trying other solutions first.
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| Ready to boost - wifi that is |
Our Bullet arrived and we temporarily mounted on the side of the arch. We wanted to be sure we got it working before permanently mounting it. We didn't have any luck connecting the first few times. It was totally us. D-oh! This morning, with some advice from Caliber Chris (Thanks!), we got it up and running with a strong connection to the working part of the free marina wifi -at the other end of the marina. Actually it picked up well over 12 wifi signals. We have connected a wireless
router to it so that we can run both laptops, iPad and our phones via wifi - thus saving $ on our data plans. Tom remounted the antenna higher on the arch. The next step will be to permanently secure the cable from the Bullet down into the boat. *There are many ways to set up communications aboard. We are still navigating our way through this with considerations not only for here in the marina environment but also once we are underway and in different locales.
from one bullet to another, good choice...
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post -- I will look into the Bullet for RVing as well. Glad it's working so well for you!
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