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   Friend uses an RV where campgrounds have varying degrees of wi-fi and   
   cellular signal depending on the campsite chosen.   
      
   He asked me for advice where I would like to ask GENERAL questions of you.   
      
   The first is for cellular which is whether they sell a cellular repeater for   
   use not at a home but in an RV that moves to different places?   
      
   I suspect not, so then the rest of the questions are related to wi-fi.   
   For distance, is it true that 2.5GHz travels farther (assuming obstructions)   
   than does 5GHz? Noise shouldn't be a problem in a campground but distance   
   is.   
      
   The power supply can be the batteries of the RV or 120VAC at the campground.   
   The laptop has an ethernet port on the side. And he has an old router too.   
      
   But his main problem is amplifying weak signal which most of the time he   
   says exists at the check-in desk but it's too low to be useful (phone calls   
   or wifi) at the camping spot.   
      
   When I looked for radio/antenna setups the first I found was these.   
   https://www.radiolabs.com/wireless/rv-marine-wifi-antennas/wifi-   
   v-marine-antenna-captifi-ultra/   
      
   But then I found this at streakwave which is more cost effective.   
   https://www.streakwave.com/ubiquiti-networks-pbe-m5-300-us-5ghz-   
   owerbeam-m5-22dbi-300mm-us   
   https://www.streakwave.com/ubiquiti-networks-pbe-m2-400-us-2-4gh   
   -powerbeam-m2-18dbi-400mm-us   
      
   The questions I have about those $80 setups is what's the difference to him   
   of a 400 mm horn versus a 300 mm long horn (100 mm does what?).   
      
   And given he doesn't know whether they'll have 2.4 or 5GHz, do they make a   
   powerbeam or bullet or rocket that is both 2.5GHz and 5GHz at the same time?   
      
   In the end, for around a hundred bucks, what would you recommend for an RV?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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