I have a sailboat and I want to be able to do 2 things:
!. Boost the wifi signal at the marina that is currently too weak to do much of anything,
2. Be able to 'tap into' free wifi when I am anchored on the water, with perhaps a 3+ mile range.
I've been considering an externally-mounted 8dB gain antenna with an inline wifi radio "bullet" connected via POE (no coax loss) down to a 12V power supply. My question is: what device should I plug the ethernet cable into (wireless router? WAP?) and what type of ethernet cable should I use?
I will want to connect at least 3 devices to the router/WAP, including a tablet and a cell phone via wifi. The router/WAP will have to run off 12V batteries and it should draw minimal current. The boat is 38' long so the "local" wifi signal does not have to reach far but it needs to allow for fast connections, as I will be using this link for business and that includes occasional video streaming and web sharing (i.e. Skype, Webex, GoToMeeting).
!. Boost the wifi signal at the marina that is currently too weak to do much of anything,
2. Be able to 'tap into' free wifi when I am anchored on the water, with perhaps a 3+ mile range.
I've been considering an externally-mounted 8dB gain antenna with an inline wifi radio "bullet" connected via POE (no coax loss) down to a 12V power supply. My question is: what device should I plug the ethernet cable into (wireless router? WAP?) and what type of ethernet cable should I use?
I will want to connect at least 3 devices to the router/WAP, including a tablet and a cell phone via wifi. The router/WAP will have to run off 12V batteries and it should draw minimal current. The boat is 38' long so the "local" wifi signal does not have to reach far but it needs to allow for fast connections, as I will be using this link for business and that includes occasional video streaming and web sharing (i.e. Skype, Webex, GoToMeeting).
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