Capturing distant wifi signals

The most increase you may get is a extra couple hundred feet at most and that's being optimistic. Sorry, but what you are asking for is virtually impossible. Just do some google searches for wifi antenna boosters and see what is offered. That is about as good as it will get. Sep 15, 14 0 18, 0. Try just buying some internet jeez dont spend so much on yacht and maybe can afford some internet Dec 23, 0 18, 9. Aug 19, 2 0 10, 0.

Other than that all i can say is buy yourself some internet. Jul 22, 60 0 18, 5. The cantenna!!!.. I lose a lot of bets though. Apr 19, 7, 4 50, 2, That depends on the terrain, wattage, and the exact specs of the equipment used. Under the best conditions if Verizon were to put a cell tower at the edge of the shore a really, really, really stupid idea to say the very least , then you can potentially receive a signal 5 miles away from land.

You, my friend, are going to need a remote satellite internet connection. Sounds expensive? Well, that's because it is Mar 21, 1 11, Just get a cellular hotspot. Dec 16, 4, 4 24, Booooo, I guess I lose another bet.

Haha cantenna. May 8, 1 0 10, 0. Aug 17, 1 0 18, 0. I get signals from up to 3 miles. Im sorry but all this 60 yard yards is bull. Some nights i can pick up even further. PS im way out in country nearst neighbor is a mile away. Semper Fi Estimable. Jan 29, 1 0 4, 0. Now I am interested in snagging some free WiFi from Starbucks 3 miles away with a setup like yours pumpkinman.

Sadly I can't get high speed internet because I'm considered out of any high speed internet service providers "zones" which is purely retarded I think I'll get an alfa r36 router to use and a usb adapter that goes with it as well as an upgraded 18 db antenna and see what happens. Is this similar to your setup you have pumpkinman?

Can my laptop run the el gato gaming capture card? If you have access to the wifi router, ask if you can plug your Ethernet cable into the router box and just mount it on the roof pointing towards your house.

Have someone at the house on the phone to help you aim it accurately. Will this allow me WiFi network from place two mile away from my home for free on open WiFi networks?? Help me out here, I like this idea but I am confused on something. The dish will receive a signal from a satellite and the wireless wifi antenna will send the signal out?

Or do you connect the sub to your existing internet connection and all this just boost the signal. If I am seeing this correct, we would be getting free wifi and that would be awesome. Which one is correct. Thank You and that is a great project for me to do. I have a spare dish. Does it matter where the wireless adapter is pointed at on the dish? Going to make ome of these. I have a dish network dish that i found. More by the author:. About: Terra Karma is dedicated to the research and development of renewable energies systems Open sourcing our methods and findings so anyone learn from and improve upon our systems getting the most out of our waste.

More About Terra Karma ». If you don't have access to the signal source you can still get one and use it with the dish setup to get longer ranges, And if you get two and you still have a weak signal, you can boost it as much as twice as much with a 24db antenna that will attach to it. This has served me well throughout the years so hopefully it will help you too. Yea I know, you don't believe me. Ok enough with the stories, how do you build the darn thing! Did you make this project?

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