my son is in a hillbilly dorm. His room is on the lower level where there is no cell phone service. The school has free wire

Sgrbear

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There is only weak wifi and no 3or4G LTE for phone. He has to go across the pond to the fountain or drive to wallmart to make/receive phone calls. He can make wifi calls if it had a reliable signal. Ethernet ports no longer work.
 

COLGeek

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The hotspot will still be limited by the weak wi-fi signal. Getting the school to add another router/access point in the dorm area would be a better long-term solution.

A micro-cell (thus the wireless carrier question), might be an option, if it can be connected to the school's network in the dorm.
 

Sgrbear

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No telling who the wireless is through, probably att. Hey, I think I've gotten the ap to work. It does so far at home, but I think the adapters are switched. I want the new antenna to catch the wrak signal, and the built-in adapter to share in the room. Will test in the dorm tomorrow.