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Find Broadband signal

  • 01-06-2009 11:26am
    #1
    elgan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭


    I am living about a 1/2 Kilometer from a shopping mall (Hotspot) and a Hotel another (hotspot). Is there a device I could buy to pick up the signal.
    Is there some special type of aerial or Dish- would I require amps or boosters?
    Any tips would be appreciated. Prevent me from going mad for the Summer.


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  • #2
    BoB_BoT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭BoB_BoT


    500m is a fair stretch for a signal without boosters on their end or using repeaters. Bluntly, it's too far, you're talking about access points within buildings which probably only have a range of 30-100 meters within the building. Possibly 300 meters unobstructed.


  • #3
    Some_Person
    Closed Accounts Posts: 491 ✭✭Some_Person


    You could get the Nanostation 2, but like bob _bot said, the AP's are probably weak indoor ones and so you have no LOS so no guarantee of it working, but you could try it.


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