Looking for a credible review of different Outdoor Wifi repeaters and or extenders.

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Basically, next year I am moving my trailer around at the park I am at, and its closer to the water, but further from the main house where the router is, so I am expecting terrible reception..

Solutions I have been considering:

1- I am thinking of Buying the owner a Super monster wireless router and just hoping to extend his range to make everything better for everyone.
I was considering something like a "Linksys EA9500 Max-Stream"

2 - I am also contemplating just putting a directional antenna, then just plugging it into my router, there by extending my incoming signal (coupled with option 1, if its a failure)

3 - Going to an Outdoor repeater that I may even be able to convince the owner to buy multiples for the park, so he can better serve everyone, and up the fee's to pay for it.


Basically everyone and there dog seems to have a review site, but I dont always find something credible. I spent an hour search and I could find a consensus of what is good hardware.

anyone have any good intel on review sites, recommended hardware for outdoor repeaters? I couldn't find anything on Tom's. but others must have researched this and have an opinion.

please and thanks.

Menglor


 
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RealBeast
I haven't come across any good reviews of that sort, most of the applications are commercial rather than consumer so there is not as much of a need apparently. Some of the posters here are quite knowldegable regarding outdoor wireless and will hopefully chime in.

A more powerful router is not really helpful in this situation as newer router don't really have a lot more range, just better speeds at some set range.

A single directional antenna is not very helpful either since you require up and download, you need two directional antennae (actually outdoor access points like Ubiquiti AirGrid M2).

What the court needs to add is a number of outdoor omnidirectional access points that are connected with outdoor Ethernet cables to the...
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I haven't come across any good reviews of that sort, most of the applications are commercial rather than consumer so there is not as much of a need apparently. Some of the posters here are quite knowldegable regarding outdoor wireless and will hopefully chime in.

A more powerful router is not really helpful in this situation as newer router don't really have a lot more range, just better speeds at some set range.

A single directional antenna is not very helpful either since you require up and download, you need two directional antennae (actually outdoor access points like Ubiquiti AirGrid M2).

What the court needs to add is a number of outdoor omnidirectional access points that are connected with outdoor Ethernet cables to the router.

Just looking at it from your perspective, if you have line of sight at the new location to the central office area I would offer to install a pair of Ubiquiti outdoor directional access points and pay the cost, they are only around $70 each (so $140 total) for THESE.
 
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RealBeasts answer is correct, you really need a pair of APs for a point to point. I would look at the Ubiquiti Nanostation LocoM2, you will need a pair but they are quite cheap, you can then hang an AP off the Nanostation at the trailer end. You will need cable from the first router to the Nanostation in the main house. Setup is quite straight forward and the performance is fantastic.
 
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